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I'm surprised hiding the SSID makes it less secure? Or they just saying it isn't worth the inconvenience?
by encryptluks2 4y ago
I'm surprised hiding the SSID makes it less secure? Or they just saying it isn't worth the inconvenience?
- cesarb 4y agoIf you hide the SSID, your phone or laptop has to ask for that specific SSID in a probe request every time it scans for nearby networks, even when it's nowhere near your router. If you don't hide the SSID, your phone or laptop can just ask for the wildcard SSID in the probe requests, or even passively listen for the periodic beacons. That is: if you hide your SSID, not only you're announcing to everyone around you all the time your SSID, but also it doesn't hide it very well, since the SSID is still sent in plaintext in the probe request every time your devices attempt to connect to your router.
- encryptluks2 4y agoI don't see how that is any different than having a public SSID. The goal behind hiding it isn't to prevent people from knowing it, just make it less obvious.