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Forget Android. What does wpa_supplicant do? It's not clear from your links that any scan_ssid value achieves hiding the network names.

• ryan-c 12y ago
  From the wpa_supplicant.conf man page: scan_ssid SSID scan technique; 0 (default) or 1. Technique 0 scans for the SSID using a broadcast Probe Request frame while 1 uses a directed Probe Request frame. Access points that cloak them- selves by not broadcasting their SSID require technique 1, but beware that this scheme can cause scanning to take longer to com- plete.
  • gkoz 12y ago
    So presumably a (default) broadcast Probe Request would not disclose saved network names but somehow this doesn't appear to be true? Hence my question?
    • ryan-c 12y ago
      This may be a bug in wpa_supplicant, I'm not sure. I looked at the code, and it seems to be trying to avoid using the SSID in a probe unless this value is set to 1, but the code is structured such that the check needs to be done in many places so one of them may have omitted it. Should be in scan.c.
      • gkoz 12y ago
        Turns out it's not a bug, it's a feature called Preferred Network Offload. Some useful links can be found here: http://www.reddit.com/r/androidapps/comments/2u2ww0/dev_wifi_privacypolice_prevents_your_smartphone/coejqeu http://www.reddit.com/r/androidapps/comments/2u2ww0/dev_wifi...
        • cesarb 12y ago
          > Preferred Network Offload Looks like you found the bug, thanks: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/07/your-android-device-telling-world-where-youve-been https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/07/your-android-device-te... So it's a bug after all.