XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, alt.privacy   
   From: jollyroger@pobox.com   
      
   On 2024-05-31, Alan Browne  wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   He very clearly knows very little about how WiFi actually works.   
   Dunning-Kruger in full effect.   
      
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