Is hiding the SSID (Wi-Fi Name) good or bad ?!

Hi, in this video we will see:
[0:15] how can we hide our WiFi name?
[0:45] What happens if we hide our WiFI name?
[3:50] & why probably we don't want to hide our WiFi name!
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Wireless Router used in this video:
►ASUS RT-AX86U

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Disclaimer:
Please do not make any changes to your network, Wi-Fi or Internet connection based on the information in this video. I do not accept any responsibility or liability for any loss or damage of whatever nature (direct, indirect, consequential, or other) which may arise as a result of your use of the information in this video. This video is for educational purposes only.

[sunnyashtonio]

Apart from providing a “false sense of security” to non-IT savvy users, I still haven’t found a strong argument against hiding your SSID. Agree that strong Authentication, Encryption and Passwords are more effective security controls but adding a little bit of obscurity can only add an extra layer of “inconvenience” for the 95% out there who doesn’t even know how to use a Level 2 wireless packet analyser. Right? In other words it’s not an effective protection if used on its own but at the same time it doesn’t make your WiFi more insecure than it already may be.

[gouldbowman]

I found you through your AI-Mesh explanations and have been a fan ever since. Really enjoying the content and your delivery. lol

[a.h.d.h.]

As always: Great content again.
As far as I know: The hiding, or selecting smart SSID, will trouble smarthome clients and hubs. Usually they need to see the SSID and they usually can connect to the 2, 4 Ghz. band only.

[Noobinski]

What a nice presentation of substantial content.
Thank you.

[tahersadeghi]

Mamnoon Mr Behfor. The best video I have seen on Youtube

[ovalwingnut]

Interesting & entertaining (and then some). 1st time viewer here. Will turn back time and check out your other videos. I'll be sure to skip the one where you "give us the bird" :O) This video was "SUB worthy" in the first 3 minutes. By the way you sounded spot on with your recommendations. Ringing your 🔔 seems highly likely at this point (now that sounded bad). Thank you and cheers from So.Ca.USA, 3rd House On the Right.

[cristiantorres]

Sunnyashtonio it is vary smart if you really think about it no said make it more complicated for any IT to spot survaillance monitoring channels . If the said is broadcasted many would reach the conclusion of a survaillance party's involvement. If someone goes to the none effective trouble to change their ssid and you see numerous networks with a hidden ssid you are looking at a non constructional survaillance monitoring system. I hope that awesered your question

[bahmannosratollah]

Thank you so much for your easy-to-understand explanation.

[jamesdeath]

Great info always look forward to your uplaods A*** keep up the great work🤩

[muhsin_sultan]

That IT department example you gave, made me think, what if many client devices pressed the WPS button at once, and then WPS was enabled on the router's side, would only 1 client connect, would all connect? Would be interesting to try

[Wheylovely]

ha ha loved the video ...easy learn makes sense

[dajaco]

"2 girls 1 router" network name at the bottom of the list xDDD 1:40

[ThinkTechnikk]

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[Proteus]

I found this video because I got the following message in WiFi settings on my Mac (Mac Studio, macOS 13.0 Ventura):

"Using a hidden network can expose personally identifiable information. If this is your Wi-Fi network, configure the router to broadcast this network."

This was a confusing alert for me, because while I'm not an expert on networking I'm also not helpless either. My OS is making it sound like hiding a network makes it less secure, but what I'm gathering from this video is simply that it doesn't help secure a network more than it already is. I have WPA3 Personal security on my network, and it's also hidden. What's the deal, should I set my router back to broadcasting its SSID?

[saYz]

I uses my Kali tools to find hidden network…lol

[karlacastle]

It sounds counterintuitive but I've chatted with some hackers and they take it as a challenge to not only discover the SSID name but brute force or DOS the router to find what's so special about it.

[pilinke]

Can you explain how load balance works and how to setup on asus router??

[MuscleManK]

Hello, Do you know how to hide WPA Pre-Shared Key? Thank you in advance

[junclj]

I just set a guest wifi name with this router then hide it. So for those who want to connect to the wifi, just scan the QR code to join my home wifi.

[ali]

thank you for the info. i have 2 questions: 1- how important is the chipsets inside the modem/routers? many people believe that Broadcom chipsets perform better than Mediatek or other brands. should the buyer take care of the chipset?
2- i want to use my modem as media sharing device. i want to connect a HDD to it. but i am not sure how well the modem will manage the HDD. i mean, my modem is always on, so does connecting a HDD to it permanently will cause to damage to the HDD?