Let's say i get a wireless account with one of the major internet providers.
I've heard to protect yourself from people getting onto your computer when using your own wireless router/ card (the kind you either put into your usb flash drive or the kind you put right next to your computer), you just need to make sure you don't broadcast your SSID.
If i don't broadcast my ssid, and no one knows my account info, if i am sitting at the library or bookstore, could the best computer hacker get onto a brand new computer, never used before, by somehow hacking onto my wifi router/ card that is Not displaying/ sending the SSID, when using the computer there?
In other words, is not showing/sending my wireless ssid - 100% full-proof/ safe?
thx
I've heard to protect yourself from people getting onto your computer when using your own wireless router/ card (the kind you either put into your usb flash drive or the kind you put right next to your computer), you just need to make sure you don't broadcast your SSID.
If i don't broadcast my ssid, and no one knows my account info, if i am sitting at the library or bookstore, could the best computer hacker get onto a brand new computer, never used before, by somehow hacking onto my wifi router/ card that is Not displaying/ sending the SSID, when using the computer there?
In other words, is not showing/sending my wireless ssid - 100% full-proof/ safe?
thx