XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11, alt.internet.wireless   
   From: marian@dumbshits.com   
      
   On Fri, 28 Nov 2025 17:56:28 +0000, Adrian Caspersz wrote:   
      
   > BTW There is no point any more in hiding SSIDs that used to be   
   > fashionable security advice. In fact if you do that then your portable   
   > device is forced to maintain a local list of recent contacted SSIDs and   
   > repeatedly calls out "Are You There?", which anyone can use for tracking   
   > you when you are out and about.   
      
   Be careful.   
      
   This advice is perfectly correct for security.   
   But it's dead wrong for privacy.   
      
   See my previous post on how to set up your SSID & devices for privacy,   
   where not broadcasting the SSID has distinct and immediate privacy   
   advantages unknown to most people.   
      
   For security, most modern devices can set a random MAC address per SSID,   
   and almost all Android phones can optionally set that random MAC address to   
   be per connection. On iOS 14 and above, you can only set the random MAC   
   address per SSID, but not per connection (so yet again, security and   
   privacy on iOS is always less than that on Android).   
      
   Note: However, Adrian Caspersz is correct that if you set up your SSID to   
   not broadcast, which IMHO everyone should do, then if the device connecting   
   to it is a mobile device, then it's more private to set that mobile device   
   to not automatically connect (for reasons spelled out in my prior posts and   
   which Adrian was well aware of).   
      
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