If you were already printing a label with that information, I don't see
it as any less secure than embedding the same information in a QR code.
Probably slightly safer, since it would take a QR reader to interpret
it. My QR-foo is even worse than my French.
bp
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On 12/3/2024 3:08 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
Remember ThioJoe? He popped up in my browser today showing people how
to put their WiFi SSID and password in a QR code to attach to the router.
Is this a good or bad idea?
When we set up a leased router for a customer, we usually print a WiFi
label with a Brother labelmaker and stick it on the back of the
router. We have a desktop labelmaker at the office that can probably
print QR codes, not sure we have one for the installers. But aside
from that, is this a security risk of some sort? I guess a QR code is
just a machine readable version of the text we’re already putting on
the router. And since you can put other images and text on a QR code
label, we could put the human readable version and even our logo there.
Am I just being skeptical about this idea because it comes from a
former YouTube troll?
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