+1 for this. I AM NOT AN IDIOT. i do NOT need to be warned every single time i connect to an unencrypted wifi network.
i work in the public wifi business, and i can tell you that it is not always detrimental to have an unencrypted network, and having this annoying popup come up every single time someone connects to one without the ability to permanently disable this popup will only drive them away from your product.
....(here's a hint, hidden networks with MAC filtering don't need passwords.).....
please.....tell me you don't actually believe this.
if your network is in an area where there are lots of people with wireless devices (apartments, restauraunt/coffee shop, etc.), then you're just deluding yourself if you really believe that no one can connect to your network just because you have the SSID hidden and MAC filtering enabled.
any decent wireless utility (i.e., NOT the one that comes built into windows) can search for and connect to ANY unencrypted wireless network, regardless of whether or not you are publically announcing the name of the network. and if your wireless data is not being encrypted, a packet sniffer can EASILY find the MAC address of other wireless devices in the area, and from there, it's just a matter of changing the MAC address that the attacker's wireless device announces to a network until they find one that works.
BTW, you DO know that just because a MAC address is hard-coded into a network adapter, that doesn't mean that software can't hide/spoof that to read whatever you want it to....right?
security by obscurity IS NOT SECURITY!!!!
that's like saying you only lock your front door at home and leave the back one unlocked because you have a fence around the backyard with a guard dog. sure, it may stop the majority of people from getting in, but all it takes is someone who knows how to incapacitate the dog and jump the fence for them to be able to get in. only this is MUCH easier, because with a wireless connection, the intruder can get in without ever revealing themselves.
