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Security Flaw - Orbi App - LogOut All
Hi I felt that someone has cracked my orbi App ie Netgear portal username and password. As a security measure I have now enabled 2 FA. This should protect me from all future threats but what...
I felt that someone has cracked my orbi App ie Netgear portal username and password.
What makes you think that?
I have changed the password too.
Change the wifi password, not the router password, and past connections won't work.
What makes you think that?
It is my son :J I block their devices at night so that they are not distracted by them. To revenge this he has managed to change the password using my phone (email and app). But this lead me to think, that if someone else has seen my password, say from the data leaks that keep happening, then I can not force them to log out even if I change my password and enable 2FA.
Change the wifi password, not the router password, and past connections won't work.
I will try this and update.
UPDATE:
Sorry I misread the second suggestion. Of course that has been an option to change the wifi password and monitor who is joining.
And Yes, updating router password doesn't change anything.
But I raised this ticket to reach out to Orbi App developers to create this most common sensical functionality. For example, what pained in my case is - Despite changing the password for the App, the old logged in users (with old password) are still able to enjoy the app. This is a design flaw when someone was creating the design of this App.