Her younger brother was gaming in the next room. Her mom was on a video call that kept freezing. And Lena had a research paper due in six hours.
She clicked .
Her laptop immediately lost Wi-Fi.
She knew the problem: too many devices — neighbors, old phones, maybe even someone parked outside — all leeching off their Wi-Fi. The password, "Fluffy123," hadn't been changed in three years.
She clicked "Wireless" in the left menu. A submenu appeared: "Basic Settings," "Security," "WPS."
There it was: a box labeled WPA Pre-Shared Key or Wi-Fi Password . Currently, it showed dots or plain text: Fluffy123 .