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> ... which is "okay"

Nope. Anyone within range of your wifi router can connect to it and most possibly the first username and password that they will try is admin\admin or admin\password

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The parent posts here are talking about the admin interface to the router, not the wireless password. While it's technically true that anyone within range can connect, they can't authenticate without the wireless password, and so cannot access the admin interface.

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