[Battlemesh] Leaking remembered WiFi networks

Juliusz Chroboczek jch at pps.univ-paris-diderot.fr
Fri Sep 20 18:50:08 CEST 2013


> 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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