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		lxgr 11 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: ICE's Tool to Monitor Phones in Neighborhoods Hidden SSIDs are generally much worse for privacy than non-hidden ones, since all stations (clients in 802.11 terminology) need to constantly go around yelling "hey, is SSID abc available?" while they're not connected to any SSID.

doublerabbit 11 days ago [–]

I was ultimately taking the piss, it'll be radical if someone actually did but I had no idea it caused wifi pollution from this.

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