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<blockquote data-quote="ZeroDay" data-source="post: 830119" data-attributes="member: 11608">I also disagree with [USER=3]@Spawn[/USER]&nbsp; on this matter. And you&#039;re spot on. It&#039;s ok reading articles online saying making these changes makes you less secure but in practice it definitely strengthens your home network, especially as you pointed out that most people don&#039;t touch their routers. The only way you&#039;d be vulnerable is if someone is searching for local networks to breach and if that happens it&#039;s a targeted attack anyway. Plus listing only allowed MAC addresses is another security step. A friend of mine runs a small company he&#039;s pretty tech savvy and he&#039;s always hidden his network and listed only trusted MAC addresses. If anyone wants to use his network they either have to ask him directly or hack him. If someone is looking to hack our networks the network being hidden won&#039;t help much, but adding only trusted MAC addresses and changing your router&#039;s default password will. I&#039;d much rather hide my network, add the MAC addresses for devices in my household, change my default router password to a much stronger one, then change said password on a semi regular basis as well as doing the same with my WIFI password, nice strong password changed on a semi regular basis. It&#039;s much better than leaving everything default. Making those simple changes definitely helps. Blending in with other local networks won&#039;t do much at all it just adds you to the list of networks the attacker is going to try and breach without said hacker having to also include hidden networks in his scan.If I was going to try and breach someones home network I&#039;d rather be able to 1. See the network even though it&#039;s easy enough to scan for hidden networks (But, out of sight out of mind comes up here) 2. Not have all the household devices listed as the only devices that can connect to that network. 3. I&#039;d prefer it if the network I was attempting to breach had a default router password and a weak WIFI password. It would make life a lot easier for me. Most of the people I know and work with or have worked with in the past all make those simple changes to their network among other things.You&#039;re comment was absolutely spot on. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite130" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs up&nbsp; &nbsp; (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="ZeroDay, post: 830119, member: 11608"] I also disagree with [USER=3]@Spawn[/USER] on this matter. And you're spot on. It's ok reading articles online saying making these changes makes you less secure but in practice it definitely strengthens your home network, especially as you pointed out that most people don't touch their routers. The only way you'd be vulnerable is if someone is searching for local networks to breach and if that happens it's a targeted attack anyway. Plus listing only allowed MAC addresses is another security step. A friend of mine runs a small company he's pretty tech savvy and he's always hidden his network and listed only trusted MAC addresses. If anyone wants to use his network they either have to ask him directly or hack him. If someone is looking to hack our networks the network being hidden won't help much, but adding only trusted MAC addresses and changing your router's default password will. I'd much rather hide my network, add the MAC addresses for devices in my household, change my default router password to a much stronger one, then change said password on a semi regular basis as well as doing the same with my WIFI password, nice strong password changed on a semi regular basis. It's much better than leaving everything default. Making those simple changes definitely helps. Blending in with other local networks won't do much at all it just adds you to the list of networks the attacker is going to try and breach without said hacker having to also include hidden networks in his scan. If I was going to try and breach someones home network I'd rather be able to 1. See the network even though it's easy enough to scan for hidden networks (But, out of sight out of mind comes up here) 2. Not have all the household devices listed as the only devices that can connect to that network. 3. I'd prefer it if the network I was attempting to breach had a default router password and a weak WIFI password. It would make life a lot easier for me. Most of the people I know and work with or have worked with in the past all make those simple changes to their network among other things. You're comment was absolutely spot on. (y) [/QUOTE]

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