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    In iPhone 4 how to view enterd wifi password
    07-30-2016 12:07 AM
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    Tartarus
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    Unfortunately that's not possible on iOS.
    07-30-2016 12:47 AM
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    Ariel Babalao
    Unless your iPhone is jailbreak, you can use ifile to navigate to the file that store wifi password of the wifi that ever connected to the iPhone.
    07-30-2016 10:49 AM
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    Welcome to iMore!

    For security reasons you cannot do that in stock iOS.
    07-30-2016 05:34 PM
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    SwitchBeach
    Originally Posted by Sherry_B
    For security reasons you cannot do that in stock iOS.
    Do you have a source (link) that indicates that is is for security reasons?
    07-30-2016 06:25 PM
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    Sherry_B
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    Originally Posted by SwitchBeach
    Do you have a source (link) that indicates that is is for security reasons?
    Wifi passwords are hidden to prevent others from getting them, regardless of the Apple device. There's entirely too many scenarios... devices for students used in schools connected to wifi, devices connected to wifi for employees used at companies, parents who don't want their kids seeing the wifi password, parents who don't want their kids friends seeing the password on their device... etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc..
    Last edited by Sherry_B; 07-30-2016 at 11:57 PM.
    07-30-2016 11:28 PM
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    SwitchBeach
    Originally Posted by Sherry_B
    Wifi passwords are hidden to prevent others from getting them, regardless of the Apple device. There's entirely too many scenarios... devices for students used in schools connected to wifi, devices connected to wifi for employees used at companies, parents who don't want their kids seeing the wifi password, parents who don't want their kids friends seeing the password on their device... etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc..
    Or ... Apple did it that way for other reasons ...

    They could have easily made it such that one could view one's stored WiFi passwords by entering the security code or password on the device. This would have still been secure.
    07-31-2016 08:05 PM
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    Sherry_B
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    Originally Posted by SwitchBeach
    Or ... Apple did it that way for other reasons
    Apple is all about security. I can't think of any other reasons, but I do encourage posting thoughts and ideas.

    Originally Posted by SwitchBeach
    They could have easily made it such that one could view one's stored WiFi passwords by entering the security code or password on the device. This would have still been secure.
    I wholeheartedly agree. 100%.
    08-01-2016 12:04 AM
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