All protection is an illusion of security.
Your main defense is not to arouse interest in professional attackers. From this point of view, I would advise you to reduce the number of access points, especially if they are via a wi-fi.
I'm not a professional, I'm just keeping a close eye on the news on cyber security...
thank you for the detailed reply.
i wanted to reply in a bit more detail but ill just reply to this part (multiple wireless APs etc) for now.
i had though of the fact that a bunch of wireless individual APs and such in a single residence would be an invitation to see why. so my "solution" is to have most wireless APs in my basement on the floor. thus surrounded by concrete and dirt, so the only way for the signal to go (more or less) is up into the house space (which is the only place i want it seen), and not outside of the house footprint. as well as turn the power output as low as i can on device. thus minimizing people driving by seeing the APs
low tech i know but its the best i can come up with.
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The fact that you bricked your access points in the basement doesn't save you from attack. Attacks only run on the network, on your ip.
I didn't believe it when I read how easy it was to attack an AP remotely using a ready-made program. And I didn't believe that it could be done by someone without that experience or skill. I was wondering if cheaters could act against me in the same way.
I found free programs on the usual Internet (not even on the Darknet), which find exactly the access point wi-fi, find on the network and around the world:
- or a map of the area;
- or an I.P. address;
- or simply a map of access points available for hacking in the country of your choice.
No way, I thought I found my access point and watched the program hack it for interest. And the program did it all on its own.
This example showed me that even a person without special knowledge is capable of attacking access points.
For this reason, I don't see any point in shielding routers' radiation.
Try hacking your access points yourself. You can find the program in Darknet yourself, I don't want to advertise these things. I don't know how we can protect ourselves in the current paradigm of security systems. We need to change the fundamentals. And who needs this?