Thread: Do you save your router password to Amazon?
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Old 10-20-2016, 10:07 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by dwig View Post
The "password", the access code, that you enter into the Kindle is for the WiFi Access Point component of your router-AP-switch combo device. If it is setup properly, the WiFi access code is different than the actual router component's password. Even if your Kindle sync'd this access code with Amazon, it can't be used to access your router from the internet. They would have to be within WiFi radio range (50-150 feet) in order to access your local network.

If you are really concerned, simply setup a "white list" on your router. List all of the MAC addresses for all of your devices (phones, computers, ereaders, toasters, ...) that connect to the router. Once enabled, "alien" devices can't access your WiFi even if they have your access code. They would have to be very sly and know how to spoof the MAC address of one of your devices.
Why don't they just let users to save the password in the reader like every other devices do? I simply wanna have a good reading experience. Why bother?
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