If you’ve set up a new Amazon device recently, you may have noticed that, somehow, it automatically connected to your WiFi network without you needing to enter your WiFi password. I’ve seen plenty of threads and comments from people wondering how this could happen and even some with concern that it means their WiFi network might be compromised or less secure. Others, with good intentions, are often quick to point out that they must have allowed Amazon to store their WiFi password, but that’s actually only half the solution. Even if a password is stored in the cloud, how can a new device retrieve the password if the thing it is retrieving is what it needs to connect to the cloud in the first place? Here’s an explanation of how new devices, even those not made by Amazon, are able to already know your WiFi password all on their own. Read more ›