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Work wifi access (infosec.pub)
submitted 3 months ago by Psycho84@lemmy.world to c/cybersecurity@infosec.pub
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So I work at a factory. It's decent work, pays the bills. But I burn through my monthly data in a week from browsing my phone on breaks. I know there's company wifi all over the building, but it's intended for the office drones, not the plebs like me on the factory floor.

Some of the guys I've worked with knew the password and could use the wifi, but everyone I asked refused to share the password with me. I guess the didn't want to risk getting in trouble? 🤷‍♂️

Anyway, a while back I learned about these pwnagotchi things, and from what I've found it would be exactly what I need to sniff out the password myself. But is this right?

Could someone who knows more about this tell me if I'm on the right track or not? Would this work, or would something else do better?

For the record, I only browse lemmy and a little Facebook at work, I'm not looking to download a bunch of stuff or bring a laptop to game on or anything. Just want to poke around the internet without using all my monthly data.

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[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 months ago

Wi-Fi is likely cert-based, certificates being managed by mobile device management on managed devices.
No password to sniff.
In the off chance it's not:
An alert pops up in a dashboard immediately. You lose your job.
Just kidding, the lowest-bidder network security team your factory pays is full of people who have only been there for a few months and either don't know what to do or don't care.