Are those networks marked as hidden SSID networks? Hidden networks require the client STA to broadcast them to find them.
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WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks agoalmost worthless. I just learned that the android 13 xiaomi phone of a family member broadcasts some of the wifi AP names it knows when scanning for available networks! constantly! why the fuck it does I don’t know because neither are hidden networks that would need this, and there’s no setting for it
chaospatterns@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
they aren’t. one of them is an AP from another phone, so I believe that one couldn’t even be configured as hidden by accident, because the phone does not offer it. another is one I sometimes use, and it’s not hidden either.
sobchak@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
Yeah, I’m guessing it’s so if you “hide” the network, it will still connect to it. Anyone can scan these advertisements, then go to wigle.net and likely get a good idea of where you live/work.