Encoding your WiFi access point password into a QR code

Re:Encoding your WiFi access point password into a QR code by jamsinclair on Sunday December 29, 2019 @05:00AM (#21905101)

For those concerned about entering your network info into an online qr tool, some time ago I attempted a minimal JS and transparent site for generating these codes (https://github.com/jamsinclair/wifiqr).

Or I suppose just use the cli tools, as mentioned, for extra safety...

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Re:Encoding your WiFi access point password into a QR code by madsbuch on Sunday December 29, 2019 @05:04AM (#21905110)

Or is it extra safety to use the CLI?

Arguably it is easier to verify that a webapp is not sending the data to a 3rd party, than it is to verify that the CLI tool doesn't (easy network inspection from the developer tools).

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Re:Encoding your WiFi access point password into a QR code by m45t3r on Sunday December 29, 2019 @06:58AM (#21905454)

I don't think it is that problematic to put your WiFi credentials to a random website, since the possibility of the creator is a scammer AND lives near enough to you so it can exploits that fact is really small.

However sure, having the piece of mind that this will not happen may still make it more worth it do it yourself.

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Re:Encoding your WiFi access point password into a QR code by nemetroid on Sunday December 29, 2019 @11:23AM (#21906663)

It’s easier to verify the CLI tool, since it wouldn’t be available in my distribution’s repositories if it contained phone-home code.

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Re:Encoding your WiFi access point password into a QR code by madsbuch on Saturday January 04, 2020 @11:26AM (#21955726)

Much CLI code is installed around the distros repos.

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Re:Encoding your WiFi access point password into a QR code by Normal_gaussian on Sunday December 29, 2019 @05:17AM (#21905149)

Its also very easy to put a webapp into offline mode

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Re:Encoding your WiFi access point password into a QR code by madsbuch on Sunday December 29, 2019 @02:37PM (#21907946)

Indeed it is! But we still need to reset the web app entirely after having used it. Service worker might cache messages.

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Re:Encoding your WiFi access point password into a QR code by vbezhenar on Sunday December 29, 2019 @11:01AM (#21906527)

How do you do that? Private browsing + cut ethernet?

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