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apsmiles
Jun 29, 2025Aspirant
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...
michaelkenward
Jun 30, 2025Guru - Experienced User
apsmiles wrote:I felt that someone has cracked my orbi App ie Netgear portal username and password.
What makes you think that?
apsmiles wrote:I have changed the password too.
Change the wifi password, not the router password, and past connections won't work.
apsmiles
Jun 30, 2025Aspirant
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.