Did you know these commands? I have videos on my channel showing this in more detail (including copying the details).

Just to clarify , that‘s to see the ones you are already connect to… not random new ones 😊

If someone is on your command line, you have way bigger problems to worry about than your Wi-Fi password. They're already on your system and your network.

If a hacker had acces to my computer's command line, I'd have far bigger problems than the wifi password.

This is like breaking into someones house to steal their house keys.

Those uninitiated might think that the commands can grab the PSK from ANY Wi-Fi network in the range that the Wi-Fi interface "is seeing" right now. These are only the networks that the computer has connected to in the past and has the credentials saved. Just to be clear :)

For anyone curious, the "pipe" | keyword is used to redirect the output of a command into something else, like a text file or in this case another command.

Yes, that's true. I used those commands back in college where they had super-fast internet, but it was only for the teachers. During a break, I asked a teacher if I could use their computer for a short while. I ran the commands, and that's how I managed to access the teacher's unrestricted internet. 😂😂

A minute of silence for anyone who think this command can get you password from random available wifi around you.

It's important to know that this only extracts the saved passwords. And with sufficient privileges you can extract anything. That would be like saying that someone inside your house can steal your microwave.

Very useful! I'm always forgetting my wifi passwords and sometimes need to access them to set up new devices. Thank you.

"I have the same combination on my luggage."

The paswords are just the saved ones that YOU had to type in on YOUR machine to connect to whatever wifi access points that required a pssword. its literally where your computer looks when it needs to connect to an already established access point. And for those of you saying "ohhh once someone has your wifi password youre compromised. Like no, just change it, just change the whole network name whike youre at it. If youre really at the point that someone has backdoored your machine and os offloading info to their own server, then you have much bigger issues.

I mean if some hacker got into your computer, and got admin privileges (required for the commands), you have bigger things to worry about than getting your WiFi password stolen.

*Missing part of the instructions:* To actually get the KEYS, the whole command must be done in a command window opened with that computer's *Administrator privileges.*

If a bad actor has physical access to your PC them grabbing stored wifi passwords is the least of your worries lmao.

This'll come in handy when I forget my wifi password

Oh, I have followed a lot of your guides on my study to CCIE...didn't realize you had a youtube channel. Subscribed!

Did this at a workplace that wouldn’t share their fast Wi-Fi 😂😂

You can do this with any OS… different commands for different OS terminals, but they all do it lol

Amazing. Thanks for bringing this to our attention!

I'm so glad this channel came up in the shorts I watch. I subscribed immediately!! I'm not tech savvy at all but would love to learn certain things but don't have a clue where to start. Thanks for sharing and letting us know how things are done. 😊❤

Well you can even see passwords of wifis you're connected to, just by going to the control panel and the network settings. Really helpful if you forgot it and want to tell a friend or put a new device on.

“This is the lock picking lawyer and today we are going to try and pick a network lock…. We hear a click on one…”

The password that shows with this command is only the saved wifi password.

I have a text file on my laptop containing fun commands like this, one of them is a for loop that gets all the wifi passwords on a computer.

Used to use this on the laptops at school to get the wifi password. The IT guys weren't to bright. I also use to hide bash files to shut off your pc in the shared network folders disguised as games

Bro is hiding wifi passwords like people will fly from different countries to his house in order to access wifi XD

That seems like a lot of work to use my Wi-Fi. Side note if they are that deep in your system wi-fi passwords are probably not the target.

This is super helpful. Not for hacking, but for when you forget your wifi password when your friend asks.

One of the few windows commands I have memorized. Like to pull this out as a party trick sometimes, shocked looks every time

Unfortunately doesn't work with WPA2-Enterprise I tried but don't show the parameter Key Content

I can't believe you don't even need admin rights for this! When viewing the password in the GUI, you HAVE to have admin rights. Microsoft should patch this. This is insane!

This will actually be super handy. I often visit customers places and they don't know the password. Going to load this into a batch file tomorrow. Might even share the code as a reply here if I remember

I have to say thank you for everything you've done for contributing to humanity on a technical digital aspect dude thank you...😁👍

Just tried it, it only shows the SSID but not the password

So first you have to enter the wifi password to connect and then you can see the password after typing this command. 😂

These are the networks already saved in your pc. That's why we can see password.

For one, it requires elevation. Secondly, Win API can also be used to do this (again elevation)

Thnx it was helpful

Why does this work like this? Is wpa2 this insecure all the time? How to patch, and/or does this only work with certain routers? Crazy!

FYI: Quotations are used when variables in the command has spaces.

This is great for when I forgot my password but need to share it with someone

Of course you need an administrator account.

Hackers can try go to any public cafe n have remote access with script on usb damn

I love this. Very nice, thanks!

This is a great tip, and one of the few life hack type tips I've actually used and benefited from in my life

pulling the power cord on the router fucks that up quick

Wish i could steal my neighbour's wifi 😂😂😂

this is a "problem" on many linux machines, too, and probably mac also. somewhere, there's just an unencrypted config file with an entry for the wifi network, and one of the lines is just the plain text password. once someone has access to your unencrypted, physical computer, it's kinda game over anyway, though

you can also click it thru since it about passwords to networks you already connected to but I guess it's faster if you remember the commands

You can also look at the adapter properties in control panel to do the same thing. If you connect to numerous networks either method can be helpful but the odds of someone using this in a malicious capacity is slim to none.

You can also see them through the Windows UI. It is not a secret, there is an easy way to forget the WiFi informations. You can prevent your Windows to keep these if you work in sensible places. You can also schedule a cleaner that will erase them every day for example.

This is good to know if you forgot your wifi password and want to give it to the kid your babysitting for their Switch.

This was my first physical hack when I first started. Nostalgia at its finest (:

It's never meant to be hidden. You can access it by normal mean in control panel.

WOW.... I just went up a level... Thanks David!

Mac is similar though keychain access. Although you will need the computers password or finger print to gain sccess

Wow -- this is even worse than the text overflow bug that every copy of Windows suffered from (until a patch I think to Win 10 a few years ago) that could give you command control.

Super cool! Thanks for adding to my daily dose of knowledge ✊🏼

Its also available in Control panel. Manage wifi networks. As long as you connected to them once.

This guys shorts are always eye opening

Wooaa, that's a nice trick. Thank you so much David

Thanks. This will be way faster than Will Forte spelling "business."

The only way a hacker can use this command is if they are somehow able to run this command on your local system against profiles that are already configured. You cannot "grab" your neighbor's password out of thin air with this or any other command I'm aware of.

From where do you learn these kinds of things

Thanks! I always forget my own passwords and whenever we get a new device I have to look it up if I ever bother to write it down or reset everything. 😂 this will save me time in future.

I did it with my college computer lab this month. I now have access to 2 wifi networks :)

I remember doing this to hack into net cafe password, man I feel like a wizard back then.

Omg! I got to see the passwords i entered myself, such hacker 😂

Super fun to know. This is why security at home is my number1

Even as a complete noob, you can prompt Chat GPT to generate batch program for you to do pretty much anything (within the limits of the batch commands).

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could you demonstrate as well, stuff like that using bad usb in flipper zero ,,,awesome content as always david

This is actually useful if you're connecting a new device (say a new phone) to your WiFi but don't remember the password but it's connected to your pc

Yes but also not every network is going to use keys in that way that you can just grab for example a lot of school networks nowadays if you try this you're not going to be able to see the key because they don't use like a clear key that will be listed for it

Oh, yes so useful! Thanks. So many people have no idea what their wifi password is, and you have to search through their house to find the wifi box and flip it upside down.

Did this at my old job 😂😂 as a forklift operator no service in the building but every forklift had a computer so i found the password to the network the forklifts used

I *never let anyone* touch my computers at home and I *always lock* my computer at work, before leaving my desk for any reason. I just think it's a good practice.

This only would have been relevant when i got grounded and my parents changed the wifi password.

its very true, ive done it... my buddies step dad was always on a power trip with the wifi password, so i made him a script that would embed itself into his moms computer and silently send me the password every hour lol

We used this back in college to get the "fast internet" meant for professors.

Very useful for when i forget my wifi password.

I hate and love the times we live in. Technology has done many great things. But when you have stuff like this and much more malicious ways to ruin someones day. Yeah that kinda takes the joy outta it.

So glad I found this guy. Honestly this is crazy did not know this... *mind blown*

You're already connected to it. That's why your computer knows it

If you use an asterisk for the name, it will list all of them. I have a .bat script that I use to do this when I forget the Wi-Fi password.

Man in the middle for the rest. 😂

It's like if you invite a guest and they bring an unknown friend along who then covertly makes impressions of your keys. Still a threat.

This is a command "only" for all WiFi that has been used/connected. Not for finding a new WiFi password

I used this when I'm adding guest into my wifi network... back in my playboy days.

During high school our computer teacher taught us this and we borrowed laptop from other teacher to steal the school wifi password. They changed it quite often but we found patterns and just had to guessed them.

Used it in high school but realized doesn't always work.

You can also do this much easier through the GUI.

A moment of silence for the people who are going to think they can get neighbor's WiFi password after watching this video.

Useful when you've been logged in for so long you forgot the password you made and want to add a new device. Actually just happened to me so thanks for the info :)

I used these in high school on one of the library laptops. They had open wifi, which was garbage because everyone was on it, and a restricted official-use-only wifi, which ran much faster. Got the password from this trick, gave it to a few close friends. Never got caught.

I don't think it's a security hazard but i always thought it was funny when smartphone made it a complicated as possible to view the entered wifi passwords

yeah this is why you have guest wifis for your house, so people cant get access to your devices. even if you log in for them, it is very easy to get the password from a phone or pc

You don't need to be a hacker to use this tho, I forget the office wifi everytime when installing a new workstation for the employees