XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.internet.wireless   
   From: alice.jones-donotspam@ptd.net   
      
   Whiskers wrote in message   
   slrnnapk21.q7.catwheezel@ID-107770.user.individual.net:   
      
      
   > However when searching for something to connect with, your mobile phone   
   > (like any other WiFi device) will send out signals asking for access   
   > points it has previously connected with to respond; this is so that   
   > automatic connection can be established whenever you are within range of   
   > a known access point - but it also means that anyone listening in to the   
   > background WiFi traffic can get a list of [all?] the access points your   
   > device has accessed in the past, which does to some extent identify   
   > 'you'.  Which is why it's a good idea to switch off your device's WiFi   
   > unless you're actually using it (that and extending battery life).   
      
   You seem to understand where I was going.   
      
   So here's my two part technical question:   
      
   Part 1: I already know that if you hide your SSID at home, then your   
   mobile device must scream out that SSID in order to connect, which the   
   mobile device will do, to your detriment, at a local hotspot.   
      
   Part 2: What you just said though, is that it will scream out *all* your   
   recent connections, and you didn't mention whether or not it will do that   
   irrespective of whether those prior connections were broadcast hidden.   
      
   Can you (or someone) clarify, as this is an IMPORTANT POINT!   
      
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