XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, alt.privacy   
   From: singularity@blackhole.org   
      
   On 2024-05-31 13:58, Andrew wrote:   
   > Jolly Roger wrote on 30 May 2024 21:37:35 GMT :   
   >   
   >>>> Wigle.net and other databases also let you look up routers   
   >>>> by SSID and BSSID.   
   >>>   
   >>> Every excuse   
   >>   
   >> There is no excuse. WiFi routers broadcast their SSIDs as well as their   
   >> BSSIDs to the world. That's how WiFi works, you ignorant troll.   
   >   
   > If I'm ignorant and you know so much about how broadcasts work, why does   
      
   Your wording shows you're searching the web and employing the results badly.   
      
   > nothing you have ever said show any indication of how they actually work?   
   >   
   > Note 1: While almost every router has an option to hide the broadcast   
   > packets, that hidden broadcast setting won't prevent a seasoned attacker   
      
   Seasoned attacker?  A CHILD can get at the BSSID when the SSID is   
   hidden, you fool.   
      
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