our neighbor has very fast Wi-Fi (~200 MBPS) . but, he didn't tell us the password and we don't know where to ask

sis : You said that you are a programmer right?
me : Of course!
sis : So why don't you do your job?
me : Create an app?
sis : No! hack his Wi-Fi
me : *Hacked the Wi-Fi and give her the password*

another day, mom's phone got crazy,

mom: Allen! Come and fix this phone
me : *After looking at the phone*
me : It is the screen saver I installed earlier

but why people think that programmers are "Computer gods" ?

I think there's a lot of tech-illiteracy in the world. It's actually kind of scary how little people know about the devices they use. And as a developer you at least understand the basics of how a piece of software works and know a lot of terminology which helps you google solutions faster than just typing "WHY MY FACEBOOK NOT WORK" into the search bar. Knowing all this looks like magic to those who don't. No different than being good at any other skill. Also regarding the debugging of various hardware issues I just genuinely don't think people realise software != Hardware and just because you work with one doesn't mean you understand the other. It's all "computer" to them 🤷🏻‍♀️

I think you are not even asking the question.. you ate just flexing on behalf of all of us :)

Imo C. Clarke's "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." is also applicable to the knowledge of people: if you understand significantly more about something than others, they will quickly regard you as an expert in that field. Especially when they don't know anything about the different niches inside your field of expertise.

Oh and it doesn't help your case if you actually CAN fix all their problems :0

If you hacked your neighbours WiFi on your sister's orders, then sorry to say it, but you're fueling the problem...!

If my neighbour hacked my WiFi, I'd hack his teeth with my boot

Just curious, can you explain how you hacked the WiFi? Sounds like you're pretty good if you got around WPA. Would love to know how!

🙃

@Elyz I very much blame phones for that...
People were raised to think that you buy a rectangle thing that does everything you need but you can't use it outside of the specific things the manufacturer laid out.
And it's most definitely not a general purpose computing device no no

@junon email me at AlledEdwardDealen@hotmail.com

@Allen-Edward No thanks, my point was that I do not believe you.

@Elyz i agree 100%. it's crazy how uneducated people are about the modern tech. The most concerning part is that many people don't know what the software/hardware they use is capable of doing with or without their actions(not to sound like a paranoid but its true). It's also crazy for me to see how people literally have no idea what is going on behind the screen. I have so many more thoughts about this...

@JustThat strong dictionary attack app I've written

you give it as much as info you know it mix it up in all possible ways and combinations(takes about 12 minutes) then it give you the dictionary file.

it worked 23% of the time.

I said email me to give you the link to the repo (it is private)

@junon There are a ton of ways to do it. One of them would be default passwords for a given router (can be determined by e.g. the MAC address). Another one would be vulnerable WPS. Yet another one would be the wpa_supplicant.conf in a client device that's already authenticated (the PSK is literally just the plaintext password). Or you could make a so-called "evil twin" access point. Most devices will just try to connect to it at first sight. And finally you could just get a device to reauthenticate, get the 4-way handshake and crack it with aircrack-ng.

WiFi isn't as secure as people like to believe it is. That being said, I wouldn't tolerate seeing my neighbor on my network either. OP, you shouldn't have hacked it for her. These things are actually illegal.

Smells like an attempted "low-key" flex tbh.

I'm any case, I don't see the problem in people asking for outlandish favors from you since you've completed 2/2 tasks said.

@junon I've learnt to give *benefit of doubt* to everybody that doesn't immediately concern me ;)

@Elyz especially when it comes to "hacking" people expect that if you just know enough "magic" you can get into anything