WiFi & Networks

Recently I was staying with someone whom I am under the impression of is tracking my phone or something shady is amidst, here’s why:

when I go into my WiFi settings there is always a “Spectrum Mobile” listed under my “known networks” but it also ALWAYS comes up with full signal as “My Networks”. When I try to join the network I am asked to enter a username and password, and this is odd to me because I’ve never had spectrum services a day in my life, nor have I ever connected to spectrums services therefore I wouldn’t have the ability to successfully enter any of this information. It’s also the only network that I cannot seem to have removed from my device, even after resetting network settings. I’ve thought about calling spectrum so see if they could tell me anything, all I can see is the WiFi address that’s on the Spectrum Mobile network option that I have to select from. Now this is additionally weird to me because I recently got a new phone and none of the networks show on that one.


can someone pls explain what’s happening ??

iPhone 14 Pro Max, iOS 17

Posted on Feb 15, 2024 4:45 PM

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Posted on Feb 15, 2024 5:07 PM

Many internet providers offer Wifi to their members and would show up if a neighbor is using Spectrum Mobile. This is also true for Xfinity, where anyone that has a Xfinity router will also create a WiFi hotspot that other Xfinity customers can connect to. Nothing unusual there. Since it is a known network, could someone else who is a Spectrum customer have signed your device into it?


You should be able to do this to remove the network:

  1. Go to Settings > Wi-Fi.
  2. Tap Edit in the corner of the screen to see the networks known to your device.
  3. Take either of these actions:
    • Tap the delete button, then tap Delete.
    • Or tap the info button next to the network, tap Forget This Network, then tap Forget to confirm.


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Feb 15, 2024 5:07 PM in response to vincint

Many internet providers offer Wifi to their members and would show up if a neighbor is using Spectrum Mobile. This is also true for Xfinity, where anyone that has a Xfinity router will also create a WiFi hotspot that other Xfinity customers can connect to. Nothing unusual there. Since it is a known network, could someone else who is a Spectrum customer have signed your device into it?


You should be able to do this to remove the network:

  1. Go to Settings > Wi-Fi.
  2. Tap Edit in the corner of the screen to see the networks known to your device.
  3. Take either of these actions:
    • Tap the delete button, then tap Delete.
    • Or tap the info button next to the network, tap Forget This Network, then tap Forget to confirm.


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