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| author | Thomas Haller <thaller@redhat.com> | 2018-04-26 16:05:02 +0200 |
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| committer | Thomas Haller <thaller@redhat.com> | 2018-04-26 16:52:40 +0200 |
| commit | bca28c8c0c420fd38daccdad9fae22b391ea3aac (patch) | |
| tree | 44f3c6945069ae382f17dab9941e103e614012d2 /libnm-core/nm-setting-wireless.c | |
| parent | 701ef05d4fb9af22b684c5bf05f5875d12b28b5c (diff) | |
| download | NetworkManager-bca28c8c0c420fd38daccdad9fae22b391ea3aac.tar.gz | |
libnm/doc: explicitly point out privacy issue of setting wifi.hidden
Diffstat (limited to 'libnm-core/nm-setting-wireless.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | libnm-core/nm-setting-wireless.c | 3 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libnm-core/nm-setting-wireless.c b/libnm-core/nm-setting-wireless.c index 0a3915bfc3..38948dee3e 100644 --- a/libnm-core/nm-setting-wireless.c +++ b/libnm-core/nm-setting-wireless.c @@ -1548,6 +1548,9 @@ nm_setting_wireless_class_init (NMSettingWirelessClass *setting_wireless_class) * probe-scanning the SSID for more reliable network discovery. However, * these workarounds expose inherent insecurities with hidden SSID networks, * and thus hidden SSID networks should be used with caution. + * + * Note that marking the network as hidden may be a privacy issue for you, as + * the explicit probe-scans may be distinctly recognizable on the air. **/ /* ---ifcfg-rh--- * property: hidden |