Show HN: Overengineering guest WiFi logins for fun (sadly not profit)

Show HN: Overengineering guest WiFi logins for fun (sadly not profit)(kmanc.github.io)

7 points by koins 3 years ago | 4 comments

Hey HN!

I wanted to share a project that I've been working on for a while and finally "completed" (until next time I try to improve it, that is). The idea is that I wanted my guest wifi password to change frequently, but I also didn't want my guests to hate me every time they came over to visit. Hence be_my_guest was born. Please let me know what you think!

khalidx 3 years ago |

This is really cool. One thing I'll add is to make an easy fallback for people to type in the password (for example, if they can't scan the QR code or plug in), you could generate a word phrase, like "correct battery horse staple" which would be the same value as the QR code and have the same entropy as a really strong and long password.

You could then display this phrase below the QR code. No special characters to type! And easy enough to read or yell out across the room.

koins 3 years ago | |

Thank you!

And yeah that's a great point; definitely something I'll look to add when I've got some time on my hands :)

LionTamer 3 years ago |

I really like this. I’ve been thinking about how useful something similar could be recently and I’m glad to see someone built it!

koins 3 years ago | |

Thank you! If you do end up building something like it I'd love to know!