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So you just take a photo of anyone's QR code? I'm not sure the hidden SSID achieves anything, that is presumably plaintext in the wi-fi transmission?
by pbhjpbhj 3y ago
So you just take a photo of anyone's QR code? I'm not sure the hidden SSID achieves anything, that is presumably plaintext in the wi-fi transmission?
- eru 3y agoThat QR code would only be displayed for a short time, and mostly only people sitting directly behind you could snap the picture. It's not airtight, but better than the system it would be replacing.
- cxcorp 3y agoThe hidden SSID stops the users' WiFi list being full of random, password protected SSIDs when they just want to connect to the open portal WiFi.