WPS stands for “Wi-Fi Proteted Setup,” although it was originally known as “Wi-Fi Simple Config.” It is a protocol – a language of sorts – that computers use to talk to each other. Many people are intimidated by the technical jargon surrounding home network setup, and WPS was designed to make it easy for less technically inclined people to link their devices. However, it is vulnerable to certain “brute-force” hacking attacks. Writer Bio
