WiFi passwords are always cracked? Here are some tips to help you avoid WiFi hacks

With the development of mobile Internet technology and the popularity of smart phones, people's demand for WiFi is growing. We are becoming more and more inseparable from WiFi in our lives, especially during holidays when we stay in bed to check Weibo and Moments, browse various information, watch TV series, and shop on Taobao... It is simply a true portrayal of "air conditioning, WiFi, watermelon, and Ge You's same sofa".

However, we always encounter frustrating things when using WiFi, such as a sudden freeze when watching a video, and we really want to find the person who stole the WiFi.

In fact, the reasons why WiFi is stolen are very simple. One is that the password is cracked, and the other is that the password is shared. However, highly skilled hackers are generally too lazy to crack your password, so most of the free Internet access is achieved through free WiFi software.

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However, these free WiFi software are not real brute force cracking, but a key sharing mechanism based on the cloud, which obtains the password by uploading information sharing through the user key, and then shares it with other users who use the free WiFi. For example, if you have installed WiFi at home, when you use the free WiFi software to connect to WiFi, your WiFi information has actually been transmitted to its server through the free WiFi software; if the users around you have also installed the free WiFi software, then when they turn on WiFi and obtain the basic information of the WiFi, the data will be transmitted to the server, and the password will be queried through the server, and then returned to the user, so your WiFi is shared!

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Maybe you will think: Why don’t I just delete my free WiFi software? However, if your family, friends, and relatives also have these apps installed on their phones, your WiFi can still be shared.

So what are the dangers of being hacked?

1. Being hacked means that personal privacy may be leaked
2. Hackers can steal your online banking, payment account and other information by hijacking the intranet.
3. If the default management password of the router is not changed, hackers can easily gain management rights and tamper with and hijack the DNS.
4. It can even take over your home's smart devices (security, door control, smart switches, TV, etc.) and monitor your every move.

How about that? Does it sound scary? Can people still surf the Internet properly these days? In fact, there is no need to worry too much. As the saying goes, the devil is always stronger than the righteous. As long as you learn the following tricks, you can prevent WiFi from being shared from now on!

Make your password more difficult

In life, many people do not have a high level of network security awareness. Some people often set simple and crude WiFi passwords for the sake of convenience and easy memorization. For example, they directly set the password to 12345678. These passwords can be easily attacked by hackers and can even be cracked by novices!

The correct method should be to use numbers, letters, and symbols. The letters can also be uppercase and lowercase to avoid pure numeric passwords. If you want a more advanced method, you can increase the length of the password and select special symbols to set it.

Change your password frequently

Many people have never changed their passwords since they set them. Some people are lazy, and some people don't pay attention to it. Little do they know that freeloaders love this. Maybe by the time you find out, they have been using it for more than half a year. The correct way is to change the WiFi password regularly, which can not only ensure security, but also reduce the problem of slow network speed caused by too many automatic connections.

Hide WiFi Name

If you think the previous two methods are too troublesome, then try this one: hide the WiFi completely.

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1. Find out the URL, initial account number and password for logging into the router management backend. Usually, this information is at the bottom of the router.
2. Log in to the router's management settings and enter the URL, usually "192.168.1.1" or "192.168.0.1", and enter the initial administrator account password, such as "admin".
3. Find "Wireless Network Settings" on the background management page, check "Hide WiFi" (also called "Turn on Wireless Network Broadcast"), or turn off "Turn on SSID Broadcast". After saving, WiFi will automatically restart the connection.

After completing these steps, you will find that your WiFi is no longer in the WiFi list. If you want to use it, you need to enter the WiFi name and password to use it normally.

Modify MAC URL

If you don’t want others to find your WiFi device, you can also find a “Wireless MAC Address Filter” in the router interface, then add the MAC address, submit and save, and restart.

Remove Free WiFi Software

The most direct way is to directly delete all free WiFi software and prohibit connecting to WiFi through these software to avoid WiFi password leakage.

Disable sharing function

If you don’t want to delete the free WiFi software, there is another way. Since the free WiFi software is based on sharing hotspot information to crack the WiFi password, we can turn off "sharing hotspot information" when using the free WiFi software to connect to the hotspot, which can effectively prevent our home WiFi password from being shared.