We often find ourselves in a situation where we have to share the credentials of our Wi-Fi network with other people. Generally, the owner of the Wi-Fi router has to give out the password, which ...

Q. I work in a training facility where our IT department insists on using difficult passwords to protect our Wi-Fi routers, and as a result, our many guests frequently have difficulty connecting. Any ...

Did you know that you could create and use a QR code to better facilitate using stronger security on your wireless network? A QR code is not in and of itself more secure than manually typing in a ...

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iOS 18 introduces a convenient new feature in the Passwords app that allows you to share Wi-Fi passwords using QR codes when other sharing methods aren't available, or for when you want to share the ...

The popular password manager 1Password has just received another update with a very useful new feature. Users can now generate a QR Code to share Wi-Fi passwords with others, making it easy for guests ...

If your friend wants to get on your Wi-Fi, you don't have to share your (possibly long and confusing) password. Here's how to generate a QR code containing your network password and have them log on ...

Rather than have a guest select your Wi-Fi network and then enter a fiddly password, just make them a QR code their iPhone can read. Here's how to do it. You wouldn't ...

Friends want to hop on your Wi-Fi network? Now you can send them a QR code instead of your password. Shelby Brown (she/her/hers) is an editor for CNET's services team. She covers tips and tricks for ...

The Wi-Fi QR code sharing menu in Android 16 Developer Preview 1 has received a lick of paint and now has new visuals when connecting other devices. Ordinarily, when you share a network with another ...