Re: A bug in IOS 10
Oh, I know hiding the SSID won't stop a determined hacker, I also know that to do the kind of hacking you are describing requires additional software, probably a WiFi packet sniffer or something similar. I'm just looking to stop the casual hacker from finding my network.
I do use WPA2 and a strong, randomly generated pass phrase, made up of upper and lower case letters and numbers.
I don't use punctuation because some of them can cause problems, depending on the brand of router you are using. So instead of figuring out what works and what doesn't, I just don't use them.
I figure that with 62 characters to choose from for each position in the pass phrase, it's plenty strong enough. As proof, according to How Secure is my Password, my pass phrase would take about 38 billion years to find with a brute force attack. That's about three times longer than the universe is old!
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Now I feel dumb! It turns out the "Other" in the list of networks calls up a screen where you can enter the network SSID and pass phrase. I thought is was a heading for other options listed below it. Oh well, now I know.
I also learned that while installing the update to iOS 10 may be scheduled for between 2 and 4 AM, downloading it can occur any time the phone is idle and connected to WiFi. So I removed the midnight to 6 AM block, since it wouldn't prevent downloading the update.
My phone is primarily a phone, I don't use it to play media, I have a Victor Reader Stream for that, and I don't play games on it either, so most of the time it sits idle, and after a week, it still hasn't redownloaded the iOS 10 update.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it stays that way, but if I have to delete the downloaded update file every once in a while, that's far more tolerable than being reminded to install the update every day!
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