How to Configure Wi-Fi Settings in Windows 10

Windows 10 has lots of cool new features, but some of its functions are a bit shifty. One of them is that by default Windows 10 shares your Wi-Fi password with people you have as contacts in Outlook, Facebook and Skype.This features is called Wi-Fi Sense. While sharing your Wi-Fi with trusted friends is a thing you do, it’s not nice that Windows 10 takes too much upon itself and enables this feature by default. Luckily, it’s easy to control your Wi-Fi settings. Here’s how:

1. Open the Settings app and go to Network & Internet
2. Navigate to the Wi-Fi tab and then click on Manage Wi-Fi Settings
3. There you’ll see an on/off switch for an option called “Connect to networks shared by my contacts” and checkboxes below it that grant access to your selected networks.
4. Uncheck the checkboxes, so that you don’t grant access to your Wi-Fi password to all your Outlook, Facebook and Skype contacts

If you want to protect your privacy even further, it makes sense for you to turn off the option that allows you to connect to networks shared by your contacts. These networks may be unsafe, so it’s best to disable the default access and control things yourself.