Originally Posted by
Richard Buckley But your reason for hiding it at work is to keep people who aren't smart enough to load simple software from finding it. Given how easy that is to do, I conclude that you believe your co-workers aren't sufficiently socialize enough for leave other people's stuff alone, and at the same time not smart enough to find your hidden hotspot and rat you out if they can't use it. Not a good bet in my book.
You also have to be careful about what you connect to it with yourself. Some devices are broken enough that when they have been connected to hidden hotspots they spend their days probing for them. So even when your hotspot is off, your other devices could be advertising it.
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