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Originally Posted by WilliamG
I'm not a security consultant, and I see no proof of what you're saying. MUCH worse to hide an SSID? How so? Because devices can have more trouble on occasion connecting to them? Not a problem for me. Because anyone can find them? Not a problem for me, either.
wigle.net does not find my SSID/GPS location, and yes - I registered there.
So from reading various sites on the matter, the problem is that the network is easily found when you hide an SSD. I AGREE with this, but truly, what difference does it make? I just like that my wireless network isn't there for the casual user to mistakenly click on. Call it a psychological thing, but I see no DOWNSIDE to hiding an SSID. I have no network performance degradation, for example.
Is there an upside to SSID hiding? No, of course not, except that people in the house next door don't have to keep seeing my SSID all the time.
Actually, I wish everyone would hide their damn SSIDs. I'm so sick of a huge list of SSIDs on my wireless list when I'm out and about.
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This has to be one of the best responses I've seen. It isn't so much a security thing as just an out of site thing. Why tempt a user to try your network when there are plenty of other visible networks. The typical (or perhaps atypical) hacker is going to go after a visible network if that is what is present anyway.