Stop using these Wi-Fi passwords before your network gets compromised

Stop using these Wi-Fi passwords before your network gets compromised Credit: Hannah Stryker / How-To Geek By  Monica J. White Published May 30, 2026, 1:30 PM EDT Monica J. White is a journalist with over a decade of experience in covering technology. She built her first PC nearly 20 years ago, and she has since built and tested dozens of PCs. PC hardware is her main beat, and graphics cards and the GPU market at large are her main area of interest, but she has written thousands of articles covering everything related to PCs, laptops, handhelds, and peripherals. From GPUs and CPUs to headsets and software, Monica's always willing to geek out over all things related to computing. Outside of her work with How-To Geek , Monica contributes to TechRadar , PC Gamer , Tom's Guide , Laptop Mag , SlashGear , Whop , and Digital Trends , among others. Her ultimate goal is to make PC gaming and computing approachable and fun to any audience. Monica spends a lot of time elbow-deep in her PC case, as she's always making upgrades, testing something, or plotting out her next build. She's the go-to tech support person in her immediate circle, so she's never out of things to do. Whenever she has spare time, you'll find her gaming until the early hours and hanging out with her dog. Sign in to your How-To Geek account Add Us On follow Follow followed Followed Like Like Thread Log in Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents: Try something different: Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap What's the status of your Wi-Fi password? I wager that if I surveyed most people I know, I'd find two groups split right down the middle: people who never bothered to change theirs, and people who changed theirs to something painfully easy or funny. Then, there's a handful of people who try to beat possible networking issues by staying on top of their Wi-Fi passwords. The thing with Wi-Fi passwords is that they're often underestimated in the sense that w