Personal hotspot password security?

On my iphone I notice in the settings page that my personal hotspot password is visible instead of the usual asterisks. Can other people with wifi see my password?

They cannot.
I believe it is there to remind you of the password to share with your authorized users.
The connection uses WPA2 Personal security.

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Issues with Personal Hotspot on iPhone 5

I have an iPhone 5 with the latest iOS update 7.0.4.
When I enable the personal hotspot on the iPhone it does not show up in available connections on my PC.
I have searched around the web and have seen many postings about this issue and have tried many of the suggestions provided by frustrated users and experts. None of these has fixed the issue.
One suggestion:
1. Set Airplane mode off
2. Set WiFi to off
3. Set Bluetooth to off
4. go to Cellular -> Personal hotspot and if it was on turn it off for a few seconds then back on.
5. cycle WiFi on the PC.
This worked one time and only very shortly.
Another suggestion was to change the last character of my personal hotspot password then change it right back.
This also worked only once.
Very frustrating. I need this functionality for work and need some help getting this resolved. Also note I am on a business account.

funnylion,
Let's look further into this! Have you tries troubleshooting the PC in effort to resolve this since the hotspot does work with your Mac? You mentioned you weren't able to connect immediately, does the device eventually connect or not at all? Try resetting network settings here http://vz.to/1eFK7ns and try pressing and holding the sleep/wake button at the top of the phone and the home button at the same time for about 10 seconds until the Apple logo appears. Please test and share. Thank you.
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My iPod 5 can't connect to wifi. It connects to personal hotspots but no to my home wifi. I tried resetting the network settings but no change. I put the right password but it just keeps loading forever. What should I do??

My iPod 5 can't connect to wifi. It connects to personal hotspots but no to my home wifi. I tried resetting the network settings but no change. I put the right password but it just keeps loading forever. What should I do??

Does the iOS device connect to other networks? If yes that tend to indicate a problem with your network.
Does the iOS device see the network?
Any error messages?
Do other devices now connect?
Did the iOS device connect before?
Try the following to rule out a software problem:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Power off and then back on your router
.- Reset network settings: Settings>General>Reset>Reset Network Settings
- iOS: Troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks and connections
- Wi-Fi: Unable to connect to an 802.11n Wi-Fi network
- iOS: Recommended settings for Wi-Fi routers and access points
- Restore from backup. See:
iOS: How to back up
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.
If still problem and it does not connect to any networks make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store since it appears you have a hardware problem.
Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar

Personal Hotspot Security - Flaws?

As a business user, I initially liked the idea of the Personal Hotspot as a convenient way to link my iPhone and MacBook Pro. However as a networking specialist, I am immediately aware of its shortcomings and risks, risks that are already well known in WiFi circles and no attempt seems to have been made to eliminate these and make Personal Hotspot safe to use.
It is 'Personal!'. It is my hotspot! Therefore:
1/ Don't broadcast my SSID - allow me to turn it off so people don't see my hotspot.
2/ Lock what devices can attach (e.g. via MAC address &/or other security code) . Use the cable tether and iTunes to lock my MacBook Pro to my iPhone so only devices I pre-select can use the Personal Hotspot.
3/ Encrypt the traffic. There is a lot of sensitive data on both MacBook and iPhone, so I don't want the two exchanging such data on an open wireless connection. Give me the option to encrypt it!
4/ Time-limit the Personal Hotspot session and include auto-terminate. When I close my MacBook Pro, suspend the Personal Hotspot session. e.g. when I disconnect the USB cable, my tethering automatically ceases, the same should happen when I close my MacBook. I don't want the Hotspot running when I don't need it.
5/ Enhance the WiFi control panels for all Apple devices to simplify WiFi associations. Here in the UK, all BT Home and Business WiFi devices are also public subscription WiFi Hotspots. They annoy the **** out of me as my MacBook Pro and iPhone will try and join these public hotspots, thus my 3G and other WiFi networks that I want to connect to get interrupted consistently. There is currently no way on either the iOS or OS X to tell the system to remember to ignore certain SSIDs. Imagine being at an Apple convention with thousands of Apple devices with Personal Hotspot activated? It would be impossible to select your own particular device from myriads of others.
6/ Corporate Security teams are going to have heart attacks! It is bad enough trying to identify a rogue WiFi access point that has been attached to the internal network, never mind hundreds or thousands of corporate and non-corporate iPhone users whose device has just been upgraded to iOS 4.3 with Personal Hotspot active. What measures do Apple offer to enable these corporate security guys to ensure sensitive corporate data doesn't get hacked via the Personal Hotspot function (with an open portal to the internet on every single unit) they have just dropped into every workplace on the planet?
7/ Ability to reduce the transmit power of the Personal Hotspot WiFi to 1 metre instead of the standard. If my phone and MacBook are next to each other, I don't need to have the high transmit power of a normal WiFi device. If the Personal Hotspot WiFi signal can be turned down to the bare minimum, it will preserve battery life on the iPhone as well as reducing the mass interference in the 2.4GHz band that will be created by dozens of such devices. If transmit power is not reduced, the effectiveness of existing devices such as access point networks will be severely impacted to the point where some WiFi service networks will become unusable.
Anyone have any other wireless security concerns about the new Personal Hotspot feature?

You're only speaking to other iPhone users here - not anyone that has any ability to do anything about your concerns.
Send feedback directly to Apple here: http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

App for securing personal hotspot

Hi there,
So I recently had my personal hotspot somehow hacked - and someone used about 90% of my data allowance. I managed to stop it before things got too far. Im not sure how they managed this as I had a rather complex password.
Is there an app that can act a bit like a firewall or something to stop someone, or more than 1 person, using my hotspot?
I have searched the app store - but its a needle in a hay stack

There are no apps, as none would have access to the necessary API's to do so. Since you can't operate Personal Hotspot without a password, and that password is required for any device to connect, and the screen shows you the number of connections, I'm having a tough time understanding how you were "hacked". You do realize you can terminate connections at will, correct?

Personal Hotspot Security

I know that the iPhone's personal hotspot uses strong WPA2 protection. But I was wondering if there was any way that people could eavesdrop, spy on your wi-fi traffic, grab it out of the air, so to speak? I know this might sound like a dumb question, but I just want to know how secure the personal hotspot is. Would you feel safe doing banking on it, for example?

You're only speaking to other iPhone users here - not anyone that has any ability to do anything about your concerns.
Send feedback directly to Apple here: http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

Personal hotspot wi-fi password

I was just browsing the settings on my iPhone and noticed when I went into Personal Hotspot that there was already a wi-fi password entered/set-up. I didn't set this up and I was just wondering if the iPhone generates this password itself or if it already comes on the iPhone?

It generates a password itself, this is the password you need to enter on another device after selecting the phone as the access point.

Hi , i have an iphone 4 that is locked and the person i bought it off cannot remember the password security number ?

hi , i have an iphone 4 that is locked and the person i bought it off cannot remember the password security number ?

Unfortunately, you must restore it in iTunes on your computer. There is no way to retrieve a forgotten pass lock code.
You will need to Restore your device from the same computer that you most recently synced to. See - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414.

HT204023 I need help with my personal hotspot, it will pop up on my computer iPhone for wifi and I type my password in, but it won't connect. Do you think you could help or tell me what to do?

I have personal hotspot on my phone, but it won't connect to my laptop, it will say IPhone on my laptop and I will put my password in but it won't connect could you help me or tell me what I should do with it ?

For starters you should probably tell us what if any error message you receive when you try and connect. What happens when you try? Have you tried changing the password?

HT5622 Good day to advise you that I forgot security questions, email your questions to re-password security has been compromised by some persons illegitimate since the change

Good day to advise you that I forgot security questions, email your questions to re-password security has been compromised by some persons illegitimate since the change.
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HT204023 Hi, I'm Puthyrath. I have a problem on my iPad 4 wifi-3G about personal hotspot. I entered apn, username and password correctly, but when I leave this page, it didn't save, all fields become blank. Can anyone help me?

Hi, I'm Puthyrath. I have a problem on my iPad 4 wifi-3G about personal hotspot. I entered apn, username and password correctly, but when I leave this page, it didn't save, all fields become blank. Can anyone help me?

Update to above question:
Hello All,
To anyone with the same problem described above, on THEIR iPad (if it is running iOS 7.0.2):
Go to Settings; Mail, Contacts, Calendars; DELETE your *******@btinternet.com e-mail account, that you originally set up either using 'Other', or the 'BT' option which I am sure was in the list previous to the iOS 7 update.
Then ADD a NEW account choosing YAHOO from the list of options. DO NOT USE 'OTHER'.
Enter the correct details just as you (almost certainly) had already done in your previous attempts using 'other'.
When you see the 'verifying......' and 'the blue ticks' you should be able to exit settings and open your mail app and then receive all your 'old' e-mails again, AND be able to SEND as well.
All my 'old' e-mails, were NOT found in the 'old e-mail' folder though. THEY are still in my inbox.
So this fix worked for me.
After I deleted my account from 'OTHER' and put it in Yahoo, I like other people also ended up with more folders.
I hope this works for you on YOUR Apple devices.
Bob

When trying to log on to my personal hotspot on my Ipone, after entering the password the system continues to ask for the password over and over again. How do I fix this?

When trying to log on to my personal hotspot on my Ipone, after entering the password the system continues to ask for the password over and over again. How do I fix this?

Hi SheilaStuhr,
The troubleshooting steps detailed below can help get you connected to your iPhone's personal hostpot.
Basic troubleshooting
See if your iOS device, computer, and wireless plan all meet the system requirements for Personal Hotspot.
Make sure Personal Hotspot is on: Tap Settings > Cellular > Personal Hotspot.
Check the Internet connection on your iOS device: Tap Safari and load a new webpage.
If one connection type doesn't work, try another. For example, instead of connecting using Wi-Fi, use USB or Bluetooth.
Turn Personal Hotspot off and on: Tap Settings > Personal Hotspot or Settings > Cellular > Personal Hotspot.
Install the latest version of iOS.
Reset your network settings: Tap Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings.
If you still see the issue, restore the iPhone.
If you're still experiencing issues, try the steps below.
Wi-Fi troubleshooting
If you encounter an issue using Personal Hotspot with other Wi-Fi devices, try these steps:
Turn Personal Hotspot off.
Turn on Wi-Fi: Tap Settings > Wi-Fi.
Turn on Personal Hotspot.
If another device can't join your Wi-Fi network, make sure the Wi-Fi password is correct.
If the device can't see your Wi-Fi network, check your device name. Windows may not correctly show a device name that uses non-ASCII characters.
See how many devices are using your Personal Hotspot. Depending on your wireless carrier, the number of Wi-Fi connections may be limited to three devices at once.
If the other device still can't connect, turn Wi-Fi off and on for the device.
Make sure that your device can see other Wi-Fi networks.
Note: If you see "Unable to Join" or a timeout error when you try to connect a device using Wi-Fi, remain on the Personal Hotspot screen until the first device connects. After the device connects, you can leave the Personal Hotspot screen and use your iPhone normally. Your device will stop broadcasting Wi-Fi if you put it to sleep or if 90 seconds elapse and no connected devices use Wi-Fi. To share your Wi-Fi network again, tap Settings > Personal Hotspot.
iOS: Troubleshooting Personal Hotspot
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203302
All my best,
Allen

Re6500 connecting to Ipad Personal Hotspot --- disconnected.

Im trying to connect my re6500 to my ipad person hostspot. I select the ipad hotspot (verizon) in Site Survey and connect. After several seconds the web page refreshs then on Basic setting page it says status Disconnected.
I have no problems using an android phone hotspot (also on verizon) with the Re6500
Is there a compatibilty problem with using the RE6500 to a ipad personal hotspot?
I was also able to use the re6500 with an AT&T unite hotspot... So it looks like theres an issue with the re6500-->ipad hotspot
tips?
re6500--->IPAD Hotspot ------ Not working
re6500--->Android Hotspot ---- working
re6500--->AT&T Unite----------- working
2.4 GHz Wireless Settings
Status:
Disconnected
Signal Strength:
Network Name (SSID):
Password:
Advanced settings
Channel Width:
Auto (20MHz or 40MHz)20MHz only
Security Mode:
WPA2/WPA Mixed ModeWPA2 PersonalWEPDisabled

Sounds odd. I'd rather you try using another iPad to properly isolate this.

Personal hotspot extra device stealing my data!

I have a brand new iPhone 4s, version 6.0.1, I set up personal hotspot to my PC and android tablet which both work good but my phone tells me I have 3 devices connected! I changed the password and its still saying the same thing. Please tell me how do I find the 3rd device stealing my data?? Bel.

Hi,
Sorry to resurrect old thread.
I have a big problem here. I am using my iphone to connect my PC, dekstop, TV, etc to internet, and I always mindful about my data rate since I am using metered data plan. But somehow, my data usage suddenly increase tremendously. let's say, about 100 times higher than my normal rate.
Been monitoring my phone, I found 2-3 connection logged in when I unplug EVERYTHING from wall socket at my home that can connect to my device. I am sure someone is stealing my hotspot connection, and he probably is one of my neighbor. I don't know who, or which one.
I have tried to change my password 3 times, but that only works for about 1 week at most, then my data plan shot to the roof again. I NEED to secure my phone, or at least limit devices that are allowed to connect to my phone.
I don't want to change my password daily, but I can't let them use my connection forever. I need to limit connection to only selected device. My friend once came to my home and showed me how people do it, and how to ban such devices from connecting to his droid, but I've found no such thing on my phone, and nobody gave a clear answer on the internet.
Please help.. this is driving me nuts.. I've lost close to $3000 a month because of this hijacker.

Cannot turn off personal hotspot

iPad Air running latest iOS version.
iPhone 6 running latest iOS version.
Personal Hotspot is turned off on my iPhone. My iPad can see its Personal Hotspot as available to connect to.
I tap the entry for the iPhone Personal Hotspot, the iPad connects to it ... even though it is not turned on.
My iPhone confirms this by the telltale blue strip appearing at the top of the screen indicating someone has connected to the phone ...
I check the Personal Hotspot section within iOS and sure enough it has turned itself on.
I turn off the Personal Hotspot again ...
The iPad then shows an alert to indicate its connection has been terminated.
But shortly after, the iPhone Personal Hotspot (which I turned OFF) entry appears in the wireless connection list on the iPad and I can tell it to connect again. I click the entry, and the iPad connects again via Personal Hotspot to my iPhone.
I Have told he iPad to 'forget this device' and it still connects with no issues whatsoever ...
Also, the iPad is able to connect to my iPhone without giving the password that I have set up!!
HELP!
This is a security problem surely?

Criticalimpulse wrote:
I was having the same issue after updating iOS in both devices, iPad Air and iPhone 5s my iPad could see my iphone hotspot even tho it was shut off. After reading everyone's reply all I'd did was sign out of iCloud on the iPad and no more issues.
The problem with this solution is you lose all of the benefits of being in the iCloud connection space, which are many and getting to be even more.
The reported problem is that you see a hotspot connection available on your iCloud devices. No one else sees it and it really isn't live until you connect to it. In the old days (before this release) only advanced users could take advantage of a Hotspot. Now they have done away with the concept and your devices can see each other and if you need a wifi connection for one through another's LTE you can do it automatically by just selecting it from the receiving device.
Bottomline, now the fact that you can see a potential hotspot connection with one your devices (and no one else can see it) doesn't seem to be a problem to me. Once I got used to see it in the bottom part of the list (the not yet active part), I like it. It's easier to start up a hotspot and is only confusing to those of us who used to go through all of he steps previously. New users to iOS don't even have to know what a hotspot is and they can connect their devices. That's why they switched.

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