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Help! Unknown Devices on Wifi
Please bear with me and my rant, any help and insight are greatly appreciated... As a super un-tech-savvy person, I'm going crazy with all the scary things I'm reading online! (Hackers, spyware, virus...
It most likely is safe. The thing is, in order for someone to be on your "WiFi" they'd have to be within close proximity of your router, other than neighbors, who could that be? And even that would be such a bad connection it would be not worth it. I personally change the router's default management PW, just as a good house keeping practice.
Thank you so much for putting my mind to a bit of ease here.
Sounds like maybe its just a glitch or something...
I just have so many devices it's nuts.
Sounds like maybe its just a glitch or something...
I just have so many devices it's nuts.
- FuzzyLogic
Community Power User
As mentioned this is likely related to Apple turning on private Wi-Fi addresses in IOS 14 (and higher). More info here:
Use private Wi-Fi addresses on iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Apple Watch - Apple Support
