Re:Append "_nomap" to your AP's SSID to opt out of Google Lo...
by dspillett on Thursday March 06, 2014 @06:08AM
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> those who were worried about privacy were probably not broadcasting their SSID publicly to begin with
Though it seems unintuitive Not broadcasting your SSID is actually less secure than broadcasting it.
Those truly worried about privacy never use wireless transmission directly, instead using a VPN (only allowing the VPN wrapped traffic go out over the air) and set their own APs to block any traffic that isn't to/from the VPN end-point(s).
Though it seems unintuitive Not broadcasting your SSID is actually less secure than broadcasting it.
Those truly worried about privacy never use wireless transmission directly, instead using a VPN (only allowing the VPN wrapped traffic go out over the air) and set their own APs to block any traffic that isn't to/from the VPN end-point(s).