Speaker 2
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Speaker 1
Yes, RG, my name is David and I had a question. Recently I set up a television and I was hooking it up to the Wi-Fi on my router and I put in the Wi-Fi password and, uh, you know how it says show password? And when when I sent it, I forgot to click the pass, the show password off. And I was wondering, is that in danger of, am I in danger of my password getting out there? Um, I was wondering if you could help me with that.
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Speaker 2
users for tips and guidance at www.reddit.com/r/Linksys. [silence] Hi, thank you for calling Linksys. this is Regina. How can I help you today? [silence] Regarding what? One sec. Actually, you're the only one who has a capability to. [silence] Because when you're going to enter the Wi-Fi password,
01:00
Speaker 1
Yes. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. So you mean, if I set to show the password, and I send it to wherever I was supposed to go, it is still secure, is that what you're saying? Oh, it is. So, it would it goes off or something, or they're not really, they're not seeing my password? Yes, from my Wi-Fi settings, yeah. Cause it was I was set to be turned off. Oh, I sent it. Well, it was my Wi-Fi password.
02:00
Speaker 2
there's an eye icon to allow you to see it, right? So verify if it is correct. Yeah. So even if it's on on or off, it's still secure unless you shared it with other people. Yeah, of course. Is that on the Wi-Fi setting? So when you're going to access the television, sir, so when you're going to type your Wi-Fi password, you want that to be turned off. Yeah, but what do you mean for you want to turn off your Wi-Fi password? Is it on the router settings?
02:00
Speaker 1
password router setting. Yes. To get access to the router. Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi password. [silence] password, [silence] password. [silence] so, [silence] and you'll be [silence] where all the settings are. [silence] security and under there [silence] yep. [silence] but it's just love it.
03:00
Speaker 2
Is it the Wi-Fi or router password?
03:00
Speaker 1
Okay. Sure. Okay. Thank you.
04:00
Speaker 2
okay so let me just verify something in my answer so just please stay on the other line so just give me two to three minutes to have resources in my end okay thank you
04:00
Speaker 1
Yes, I am huh? Yes, I'm.
06:00
Speaker 2
Okay, so thank you for patiently waiting. Are you still there? Okay, since you are enquirering regarding with that one, sir. So, and since you successfully accessed the router settings, so I would like to set an expectation that the Wi-Fi password should not be left open. Because if it is, any device can connect to the network without a restriction. So, there will be no longer a Wi-Fi password if it is open.
06:00
Speaker 1
Well, I'm not sure what you said there.
07:00
Speaker 2
If you created your own Wi-Fi password, so it should connect with that. But if you are referring to your router settings, [silence] no it's okay, unless you access the router settings and set the Wi-Fi password into open. But if you did not access the router settings, [silence] It just use your television to connect your [silence]
07:00
Speaker 1
I'm not sure what you're saying there. Did I, did I, did I expose my password to someone, is what I was wondering. Yes, I connected successfully. But, okay, so it didn't go to like Samsung or someplace like that. It just went to my house.
08:00
Speaker 2
What do you mean for that? So you connect a television to your network and is it connected successfully? Okay, then it's connected and the television is located in your house. So I guess no one can access it settings to check your information for your Wi-Fi password. It's not because our routers, there is design there's a security and design with defaults. Design by default. [silence]
08:00
Speaker 1
Okay. Okay. So, so when I, by leaving that open, I didn't jeopardize my security then. Is that correct? [silence] Wait, I, I'm not sure what what you're saying again. Oh. I was on the Wi-Fi settings. Wi-Fi settings. Wi-Fi password. [silence]
09:00
Speaker 2
Yeah, but of course, if you access the router settings or the web interface for the Linksys smart Wi-Fi Tool, there is an option there where in you can open your your Wi-Fi password. And if it is set to none, any device can connect to the network without any restriction. Uh, to select none. Uh that's why I'm asking if you are on the web interface or the router settings. Are you on the Wi-Fi settings? Are you on the device list?
09:00
Speaker 1
I, I don't know. I, I Let me explain again. I, I, I'm not sure we're getting the same thing here. I bought a new television and then wanted to access it to the Wi-Fi. So, they asked me for the Wi-Fi password and I typed it in. I clicked view password because I wasn't sure and when they said enter, I didn't click it to where it blanks it out. I was wondering if I'm in jeopardy of having my password seen. That's fine. [silence] Okay. [silence]
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Speaker 2
Yeah, yeah, it's fine. Actually, there's no problem with that because every device should have an option. There's an eye icon so that you can verify what is your Wi-Fi password. So, double check. So if you're referring with your television and allow you to view your... your Wi-Fi password, there's, there's no problem with that. Unless you access the router's settings of the router itself to open [ silence ]
10:00
Speaker 1
No, I didn't do that. All I did was was enter my Wi-Fi password so we connect to the television. Uh-huh. Yes, uh-huh. Yes, that's correct. Uh, you it's it's fine. Don't worry. Okay. Okay, I was kind of worried about that. So, well, okay. Well, thank you. I appreciate your help and make me feel sleep better now.
11:00
Speaker 2
Okay, so the scenario would be like this. So for example, I'm not sure with my Wi-Fi password and I want to connect my phone to the Linxst network. So to verify it, I need to click the I icon to view my Wi-Fi password, correct? And and then when I connect my phone, I forgot to click the I icon to hide my Wi-Fi password. Yeah, yeah, that's fine. That's fine. Yeah, you can try to go to your Wi-Fi settings and then try to connect your television again and there's wrong with that. There's no worries. Yeah. Yeah. That's okay. Yeah, from time to time, yeah. From time to time you're going to forget to click the I icon to hide your Wi-Fi password or to connect your device or whatever.
11:00
Speaker 1
[][] [] Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. No, I wouldn't do that, whatever. Hmm. Hmm. There's no problem. Okay. Okay. Well, thank you. I appreciate it very much. Hmm. Hmm. Thank you. You too. Uh-huh. Goodbye. Have a good day yourself. Uh-huh. Bye.
12:00
Speaker 2
Yeah, but, yes. But if you're just referring with your television, so you forgot to click the eye icon to hide your Wi-Fi password, there's no problem with that. No worries. Okay. You're welcome, david and have a great day. Bye for now.
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