WiFi Card

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wifi login card generator

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769points
326comments
#18of 2,533 in 2021
Top 1%of 2021 by points

How HN took it

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27 positive, 68 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 29 critical, out of 126 comments about the project. Thread score +0.01.

Idea: 12 for, 8 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 15 againstExecution: 7 for, 6 againstDesign: 4 for, 0 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Simple, clean, useful idea

    From 3 comments
    • This is a ridiculously good idea. Thank you.
      tomcam on HN
    • Very cool and nicely executed! Love it
      cghendrix on HN
    • Love the source code, so clean. First time I see a makefile used like that with Docker and front commands.
      Softcadbury on HN

Objections

  • Storing WiFi passwords on a random website is a privacy risk

    From 4 comments
    • Why would you trust a random page on the internet and go paste your wifi password on it?
      krishnan-r on HN
    • Nice try, lol. People, never enter your passwords on such pages.
      nuker on HN
    • I am sure that this is not what this site is for. But... For a moment I thought: What a great attack vector. Collect WiFi passwords from around the globe.
      shoto_io on HN
    • Looks like a great way to farm a list of commonly used passwords for users or just wifis. I never trust anything online that generates anything with a password. I got burned from…
      mpva on HN
  • Generating a QR code is trivial with existing tools

    From 3 comments
    • ``` qrencode -t utf8 'WIFI:T:WPA;S:network;P:password;;' ```
      Zash on HN
    • The format is: WIFI:S:<SSID>;T:<WPA|WPA3|WEP>;P:<password>;; And can be generated with any qrencode program.
      wooptoo on HN
    • Just a FYI/PSA: Fritz!Box routers by AVM do have that option right in their WiFi-settings page... Also, there are lots of offline QR generator apps...
      moepstar on HN
  • Over-engineered stack for a static page

    From 2 comments
    • Asking as a person who understands the fundamentals of all of the technologies involved but is horrified by much of what goes on in the minds of today's web developers and…
      BugsJustFindMe on HN
    • But now you’re paying for keeping a server online, whereas a GitHub page could’ve hosted this static website for free.
      weejewel on HN

Requests

  • Option to hide the plaintext password on the card

    From 1 comment
    • ``` a QR generator which will magically connect me to the WiFi with my password embedded in the QR somehow. ``` This is indeed what it does, but it also includes the plaintext…
      bndw on HN
  • Support for other languages or editable field labels

    From 1 comment
    • A nice addition would be either (1) support other languages or (2 - simpler) the ability to edit the field titles (e.g. change from "Network name" to "Nome da rede").
      geonnave on HN

Questions

  • Does the QR code work with Android camera apps

    From 3 comments
    • Can you actually point your phone camera at a QR code and have it connect automatically, as the website says? I generally avoid QR codes as they obfuscate the target URL, but I…
      sleavey on HN
    • On ios it works fine with the default camera app, but what about android? I'd guess support varies depending on vendor?
      gruez on HN
    • more QR meh -- how does one use this? Assuming everyone has native QR code ability that ties into Network setups? Sorry if I'm behind but is this standard in Android now? (who…
      ChrisArchitect on HN

Alternatives named

  • qrencode command line tool

    From 2 comments
  • iPhone Make QR Code shortcut

    From 1 comment
    • My iPhone has a pre-defined "Make QR Code" "Starter Shortcut" that you can invoke by typing "Make QR Code" in Home screen search. It basically generates a QR code of the same…
      hnov on HN
  • qifi offline QR generator

    From 1 comment
    • This can be done locally in the browser with qifi: https://github.com/evgeni/qifi
      qifita on HN
  • Built-in LibreOffice QR generator

    From 1 comment
    • I just generate a QR code for my wifi login using libreoffice writer. Edit: just use the built in QR code generator with a string in this format. WIFI:T:WPA;S:$SSID;P:$PASSWORD
      tkuraku on HN

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