[Battlemesh] Leaking remembered WiFi networks

Alexander Szlezak alex at szlezak.com
Fri Sep 20 19:29:55 UTC 2013


Thanks for the last sentence, all too true....
Cheers Alex

Juliusz Chroboczek <jch at pps.univ-paris-diderot.fr> schrieb:

>> Still, why would anyone announce those networks automatically back to
>> the user?
>
>Doing a unicast probe for known networks avoids the need to wait for
>a beacon from a known AP, which makes your phone associate faster when
>it comes in range.  (Let alone the issue of "hidden" SSIDs, which
>don't announce themselves in beacons at all.)
>
>Convenience wins to privacy, each time.
>
>-- Juliusz
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