A county clerk asks to hide the assessor Wi-Fi SSID so the network is "secure." What should the technician explain?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
Hiding the SSID is security theater. Clients still shout the name in probes, some devices connect poorly, and nothing about confidentiality improved—so use real encryption instead of playing hide-and-seek with the network name.
Full Explanation
Treating a hidden SSID as a security strategy is a legacy anti-pattern. Beacons may omit the name, but clients still reveal it in probes, some stations fail to join reliably, and confidentiality still depends on modern cipher suites. Technicians should reject hide-SSID as a substitute for WPA2/WPA3 protections.