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Didn’t say I did. I said they would try. And there may be other WiFi access points using the same password in a vacation home, for example. Also, if they know the WiFi password they could use that to guess what others are based on what it is.

The point is, Apple told me they would securely allow me to share the password without revealing it, and now that turns out to be untrue.
Source on Apple saying that? The password has always been visible, it's stored in their keychain, which is easily synced to any macOS devices, where it's easily viewable.
 
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