RFE: protected way for WiFi password set-up

[oe1wkl]

RFE: protected way for WiFi password set-up

[kitesurfer1404]

I ordered my morserino some days ago and thought the same when watching the videos. In the past I used the ESP8266 a bit and I'm some kind of familiar with this topic.
As far I can tell, a password protected AP mode is already prepared in the code:
There is a place for a hardcoded password:

Morserino-32/Software/src/Version 4/MorseWiFi.cpp

Line 35 in 273c064

const char* MorseWiFi::password = "";

I think using the password here:

Morserino-32/Software/src/Version 4/MorseWiFi.cpp

Line 361 in 273c064

WiFi.softAP(ssid);

WiFi.softAP(ssid, password);

would fix this.

I'm interested in this as well. So I try to give it a look as soon as my hardware arrives.
I find the suggested solution with the random password shown on the display interesting. Only change I would implement is "pseudo random", so the password for each morserino is different but always the same for your own device. So you don't have to change the password each time you want to connect.

[bensteinberg]

Another approach to this would be to allow SSID and password entry using the paddles. This might be a challenge for beginners, of course. I think you'd need to simulate shift, backspace, space, and tab keys using the encoder and red button, and disregard any space between characters entered with the paddle.

[bensteinberg]

(It would probably be simpler to implement (and use) a text entry method using the encoder to select and set characters.)