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My neighbor's router went from a default 'admin' login to a 16-character random password after his kid's laptop got a virus.
He saw a pop-up for a 'free game' on some sketchy site his son visited, and the whole home network got locked down for a weekend while they cleaned it up, which makes you wonder how many people are still just clicking on anything, right?
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reese_rodriguez865mo ago
Ugh, way too many. That default password thing is a huge trap.
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patricia2624mo ago
Switched mine the day I got it after reading one too many horror stories online. Wrote the new password on a sticky note and taped it under the router so I wouldn't forget it later. Feels like a small thing but honestly it's the easiest fix for keeping your whole network safe.
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brianreed5mo ago
Tell me about it. My old router sat on "admin" for like two years before I found out. You just set it and forget it, right? Makes you wonder what else is wide open.
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samk775mo ago
Yeah, that's the scary part. It's usually the other way around, where the virus gets in because the password was still 'admin'.
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