XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: marian@dumbshits.com   
      
   On 27 Nov 2025 16:29:19 GMT, Mark Lloyd wrote:   
      
   > I remember years ago when routers came with wiFi enabled, but NO security.   
   > Now it would be unusual to find one without security.   
      
   On that train of thought, it used to be that some people considered not   
   broadcasting the SSID in the clear as a form of security.   
      
   But with the advent of ignorant & rude Android & iOS phone owners driving   
   by your house by the hundreds a day, turning off the broadcast became a   
   component of privacy.   
      
   Many people on this ng won't understand that statement because they would   
   claim that appending "_nomap" (and, _optout_ in the olden days) achieves   
   that privacy goal, but there is an added tangible privacy advantage to not   
   broadcasting the SSID that you do not get by appending the opt out keyword.   
      
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