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> If you don't want your SSID broadcasted, turn off the broadcast Hiding the network name doesn't conceal the network from detection or secure it against unaut
by css 5y ago
> If you don't want your SSID broadcasted, turn off the broadcast
Hiding the network name doesn't conceal the network from detection or secure it against unauthorized access. It also makes your devices constantly send out that SSID wherever you go when searching for networks. According to Microsoft [0]:
> Non-broadcast networks are advertised in the probe requests sent out by wireless clients and in the responses to the probe requests sent by wireless APs.
[0]: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/tn-archive/bb726942(v=technet.10)?redirectedfrom=MSDN#why-non-broadcast-networks-are-not-a-security-feature https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/tn-archiv...
- doc_gunthrop 5y agoIt's been argued that hiding the network name can make you more of a target because it makes you stand out more than your seemingly more innocuous neighbors. That is unless you never connect any devices to your hidden AP. Like being the only person on the block who blurs out their house on Google Maps or Apple Maps, it could backfire due to the Streisand Effect.