Posts: 30726
Threads: 2123
Joined: May 24, 2012
Reputation:
71
Seeing "Hidden Network" on my wi fi list.
May 1, 2022 at 9:12 pm
All of the wi fi I am detecting is within my neighborhood, and I am rural. But one keeps popping up "Hidden Network", It keeps coming back, despite my disconnecting, and pops up again when I re connect.
Should I be worried about this?
Posts: 33266
Threads: 1416
Joined: March 15, 2013
Reputation:
152
RE: Seeing "Hidden Network" on my wi fi list.
May 1, 2022 at 9:13 pm
Always worry.
"Never trust a fox. Looks like a dog, behaves like a cat."
~ Erin Hunter
Posts: 28426
Threads: 524
Joined: June 16, 2015
Reputation:
90
RE: Seeing "Hidden Network" on my wi fi list.
May 1, 2022 at 9:17 pm
No, trust me:
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
Posts: 16601
Threads: 128
Joined: July 10, 2013
Reputation:
65
RE: Seeing "Hidden Network" on my wi fi list.
May 1, 2022 at 9:34 pm
Does it show up as locked or open?
If I look at my available networks, I see quite a few but most of them are locked.,,as they should be.
Posts: 35341
Threads: 205
Joined: August 13, 2012
Reputation:
146
RE: Seeing "Hidden Network" on my wi fi list.
May 1, 2022 at 9:42 pm
(May 1, 2022 at 9:12 pm)Brian37 Wrote: All of the wi fi I am detecting is within my neighborhood, and I am rural. But one keeps popping up "Hidden Network", It keeps coming back, despite my disconnecting, and pops up again when I re connect.
Should I be worried about this?
Nothing to worry about, citizen.
Oh, and if you've lost your car-keys, they're under the couch.
Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:
"You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"
Posts: 2886
Threads: 132
Joined: May 8, 2011
Reputation:
31
RE: Seeing "Hidden Network" on my wi fi list.
May 1, 2022 at 10:53 pm
Not broadcasting a SSID is an added level of security. Someone still has to know the name of the wireless network to connect, but it isn't being broadcast to the whole world to see. That makes it harder for someone to access the network. they have to know the SSID and the password.
Save a life. Adopt a greyhound.
Posts: 30726
Threads: 2123
Joined: May 24, 2012
Reputation:
71
RE: Seeing "Hidden Network" on my wi fi list.
May 1, 2022 at 11:33 pm
I've been reading various advice sites on this. And for the most part, they are defining it as you guys have here. BUT some of those advice sites do say hackers love hiding hidden networks.
So maybe this isn't an either or issue. It is highly likely it is simply a benign person simply trying to be more secure. But hackers and ID thieves don't want their locations exposed either.