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<blockquote data-quote="pine man" data-source="post: 1947723" data-attributes="member: 329282"><p>I don’t tend to use Apple Passwords much, relying more on a my own password manager, but I have just been looking at it to resolve a password issue. While doing so I noticed that in the sidebar there is an item entitled Wi-Fi and it shows a count of 15 on my iMac. When opened it displays a list of 15 Wi-Fi signals in and around my property. Each one listed has its name and the Password hidden as a row of dots, as you would expect. However if I hover my cursor over the hidden passwords they are all displayed!</p><p></p><p>Am I reading too much into this? Is this what Apple intends as it appears to me that I, or anyone with Apple Passwords installed can gain access to any, nearby, private Wi-Fi signals?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pine man, post: 1947723, member: 329282"] I don’t tend to use Apple Passwords much, relying more on a my own password manager, but I have just been looking at it to resolve a password issue. While doing so I noticed that in the sidebar there is an item entitled Wi-Fi and it shows a count of 15 on my iMac. When opened it displays a list of 15 Wi-Fi signals in and around my property. Each one listed has its name and the Password hidden as a row of dots, as you would expect. However if I hover my cursor over the hidden passwords they are all displayed! Am I reading too much into this? Is this what Apple intends as it appears to me that I, or anyone with Apple Passwords installed can gain access to any, nearby, private Wi-Fi signals? [/QUOTE]
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