When to cut the neighbours internet connection off?

[Sammyham88]

New neighbours moved in across the hall from me yesterday. They knocked on to introduce themselves and ask if they could get the password for the wifi, their English was very broken and I'd just got out the shower so feeling a tad embarrassed being stood there with sopping wet hair and also not wanting to coming across rude on our first meeting just gave it to them..

However my connection is shite now, everything is taking ages to load or stream and I'm kinda worried that with our struggling to communicate properly they think the wifi is included like I've had in other buildings I've lived in before, really don't want to bring up this issue so soon when I've only just met them and given them the code.

AIBU to give it two weeks and then change the password and if they say anything respond by saying I'd have thought they'd probably have their own connection set up by now or should I stop being a wuss, give it a couple of days and then pop around to explain the situation? After having a complete arse living across from before I really don't want us to get off on the wrong foot

You sound lovely OP, but you shouldn't have given them the password - they are getting free internet access at your expense! Just change the password now and if they come over and say they can't get access, just tell them they need to sort their own out, end of!

I think OP has changed the password.

Problem is, she can't remember what she changed it to.

@ArtemisWeatherwax 😂

I would have said no from the first. Bad enough dc downloading things for hours but at least they pay some of it.
Or just say you're having problems with your provider and it's down right now.
Lol I m with virgin so half the time this isn't a lie.

Wow there are some really twatty responses on here. I doubt the OP is the only person to ever agree to something silly because they were caught off guard by the request.

That's very kind of you and my new neighbour offered when I first moved in to a flat a few years ago. After a couple of days I said thank you I've got internet connection arranged now for next week and I assume they then changed the password. You've been generous enough.

Why do so many people have such difficulty with straightforward communication and advocate all these ‘excuses’.

Talk to neighbours, explain it is a private provision not block, happy to help while they get their provision but as it affects your speed, you can’t share it for more than 5 more days.

They can get a dongle or something.

All the people saying how you can get onto internet banking with just a password- how? The only banks I've done IB with you need a password and also the little calculator thing that generates random numbers. Or for apps, where you have to put in certain characters from the passcode and not the whole thing so if it's say a load of numbers how would someone know to guess them so specifically?

I'm wondering that too, Rubiks. I'm too twitchy to do internet banking on any device that might leave the house, never mind on public wifi, but is there something else I need to be vigilant about, as a deeply untechnical person? I thought the number generating thing was reasonably safe?

If scammers have your banking details and access to your online banking address book, they will most likely try to impersonate someone or some organisation that you trust. The next step, is to send you phishing emails to try and redirect you to an environment that they control.

I get phishing emails all the time and some are very very convincing.

But like, the ones with a keypad or with a question nobody would know the answer to- how?

But, @DuchessThingy, none of the things you have listed or linked to are a result of giving out your wifi password.

I think most people are aware of the dangers of the internet, but what we are specifically discussing here is whether someone can steal your banking details because they have access to your wifi.

Cancel the cheque

CFs.

They can pay for internet like the rest of us do.