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Wireless password is visible from orbi router amin screen
I am just setting up a new orbi system and logged into the router admin at orbilogin.com and the from the home screen there are six icons showing the status of various features and at the bottom of t...
I completely agree, this insecurity on the default home page of the router is very unprofessional and is an insecurity on the router.
Netgear, please DO NOT DISPLAY the WiFi passwords in the clear for the primary and guest networks on the default Basic -> Home page. The passwords should not be displayed on this page at all, instead it would be more helpful to display the encryption being used on both the Primary and Guest WiFi networks for this status page. Please correct this security issue! The password can still be shown when uncovered on the WiFi Settings pages if needed, but there is absolutely NO REASON to display PASSWORDS IN CLEAR TEXT on the home page!
Geez. Do people log into the Orbi web interface and then walk away leaving the computer unattended while strangers are in the house? Of all the things to ding Netgear over, this one seems pretty lame.
