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by Scoundreller 1837 days ago
You’re broadcasting more than your ssid, but your base station MAC too. Unless you clone that too.

Since ssid is used as a seed in encryption, there’s value in making it unique.

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if you use a strong passphrase the unique ssid protection against a table doesn't matter, but it's a worthwhile point to raise.