Sharing a WiFi Password - QR Code

[slipd]

Hi guys,

I've been away of the 'wifi password' sharing feature on Android for sometime, but I've never actually used it... I've got family around this weekend and they are bound to ask for it - so how does it work?

I'm fine at getting a qr code up on my devices but how do they 'receive it' their side? I'm expecting a mixture of Android/Apple users

Thanks.

 

[slipd]

I do it with my WiFi. Just a couple of QR codes dotted around the house so anyone can scan and connect without asking for the WiFi password.

You can decode these QR codes though and the password becomes plane text so only use them if you not bothered about anyone having the password and WiFi SSID.

Oh yeah - I just tried the QR read for another network, you're right, it reads in plain text! What if the joined device was connected to the host by WPS? - would it still see the password as plain text?