My friend tried to 'hack' my wifi by guessing the password for 20 minutes straight

We were at my place in Seattle last year and he just kept saying 'Is it your dog's name? Your birthday? 12345678?' out loud while typing. He got so into it he didn't even notice I had a sticky note with the actual password on the router itself the whole time. I mean, it was a 16-character random string I generated, so his guesses were never close. I finally pointed to the note after he'd made like 50 attempts and his face just dropped. Has anyone else had someone try to brute-force guess a password right in front of them? What's the weirdest method you've seen someone use to try and get into something?

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lilyo3016d ago

Hiding it in a kitchen cabinet is actually genius. My router note is just stuck under the coffee table, maybe I should step up my game. What's the weirdest spot you've actually found a password written down?

uma30616d ago

Honestly, I just put the password on a note inside a kitchen cabinet now. Let people guess all they want, they're never looking in the right place. It stops the whole performance before it even starts. Why even give them the satisfaction of trying, you know? A random password is the only way to go, but you have to hide the backup copy better than on the router itself.