Hiding/Disabling potentially nearby Wifi SSIDs from my MAC and/or my iPhone

Hi Bob(2),

Thanks for your comment. I still think that I'd like to have a choice to put an extra barrier between my devices and the outside. Then I can have access to a console and see what's out there and then update periodically a list of what my people or me can see or not ... anyway ... Thanks for your note.

Best Regards,

P.

Jim,

I'm not involved in any Social Media trap ... I really think it is strange that my request can be seen as a way for me to spread my voice (I don't go on social media at all). I was only asking to filter all the jungle of networks outside and get them out of my world. I'd like to have a clear explanation why my "arounds" should know I'm in the area and we could potentially connect to a wifi that is not ours without an early defense.

It is also relatively easy to crack a WPA2 password and my question remains there and there is not a reasonable explanation why should I reach another one's network just because I know it's there. For me this is a security risk.

I don't want to install a Cisco firewall at home because of this ridiculous open door. Anyway I'll quit here and Thanks for your comment.

Regards

Exactly!! ... the first option is my solution ... I'm about to wire my house (strange but true, I have a neighbor with this SSID -> iYIxiK3X3KC2X76o8NPmPqYVqcB4TcE and my people keep asking me who he is? :-D ).

It's not a problem, but in other cases they have named their router provider in their SSID, and perceiving the power of the device I can understand who is behind it ... there is a lot of information that I do not want to be exchanged. From me to the others and from the others to me. I just don't want to worry about it.

I will also use a wireless paint and other Faraday tricks to isolate our brains from the various potentially dangerous waves (at least in the relax area of ​​my house).

Anyway, thanks to Everyone for your contribution and attention and for this nice and interesting technological chat !!

P.

Thanks John,

I put here a synthesis regarding my question and its developments:

I have never considered the "hide my Wi-Fi SSID" option, because it is:

1) useless for the security of my network and against potential attackers. The SSID can still be discovered.

2) it is not useful even for "aesthetic" reasons ( :-) ?), because I should hide others, not my network ... in this sense it would be enough to have a whitelist for the good guys or even better have at least a blacklist where only malicious guests are filtered.

I have direct evidence that someone entered my poor network a few weeks ago and probably got bored for a while ... nevertheless I would not want to give them access so easily. I have extremely restrictive policies, really strong passwords, solid encryption algorithms and they managed to get through. Maybe for a high school experiment ( ?? LoL ) …

So considering all these points together, seeing this situation as a theoretical network design problem, I would simply eliminate all possible IDs around the wifi (and the same should be for the phone ...) and live in peace.

Assuming that I can't do this ...

for the security part, the best option will be to hardwire with cables all the important and high-bandwidth devices, assigning priorities, isolating IoT devices in one or more NAT subnets and so on.

for the "aesthetic view" outside, I would prefer not to see who is out there on the web and as you all indicated, there is little to do at the moment on MAC devices.

On Windows I can visually filter the external SSIDs with the netsh command and its switches and I can solve the "aesthetic" problem and also the network browsing problem, but even on Windows I do not solve the security problem.

Needless to say, things get worse with the cell phones where (always from a theoretical point of view), the possibility of access increases because we always carry it around and the number of nets is multiplied exponentially.

I still think it would be a really cool feature to block all external SSIDs and external nets regardless, and then through an admin console on the phone or the router, allow trusted devices to access it (for friends, colleagues, trusted services, etc.).

They don't seem to think so... anyway hope someone will find this thread helpful. I have clearer thoughts on all this stuff now.

Thanks and Best Regards,

P.

Hi Bob,

I must apologize for the incorrect post options. Thanks for the redirect hint. I have sent my request to Apple. Let's see what they will answer.

Best Regards,

P.