Rogue devices showing up on windows 8 network in file exporer.

Um, I don't know why we should be not worried about random devices trying to connect to the router, because that means that someone daily is trying to get into my router. According to Mr Dave

Um, I don't know why we should be not worried about random devices trying to connect to the router, because that means that someone daily is trying to get into my router. According to Mr Dave

So is your phone! It's attempting to get into other people's routers all the time. Frequently when you are out. Are you not worried about that? That's right, you shouldn't be. It makes no sense to worry about the way proven, reliable wireless things work. They have always worked this way. The only difference now is that you finally know (something, a little bit) about it. While before it was happening behind the scenes, you were unaware of the processes taking place.

Every time you walk down the street with your device's Wi-Fi on, your phone touches every router in every home you walk near. You, yes you, are trying to get into random people's routers with your phone all the time.

Have you ever been to a public place with free WiFi? And have you connected to said network? What did you see when you try to connect to that free wifi?

Something like this:

There is the free open wifi, and then there are hundreds of other routers listed below it.

Your phone has touched all of those routers. And more. Just to ask what their display name is, whether they require a password, to measure their signal strength, etc.

The guy behind TP-LINK_C75B...whatever is probably running Windows 8 or 10 and can see your phone on his network list right now. But he cleverly doesn't care. And you shouldn't either.

MrDave_007 is smart. Refer to his explanation a second time.

My recommendation to Microsoft: Educate users. Or if that fails, hide the list of unknown devices from network like you used to. This proactive outreach is helping no one but conspiracy theorists.

Sincerely,

Daniel "3ICE" Berezvai

/I'm not worried about any of the so called "rogue" devices that show up in my network. They are all benign.  They have always been there, just ignored by Windows until now./

Woah! There's free Wi-Fi!?!?... Who would have guessed, no then how come with my windows phone it does not even show up on my network when it's connected? Or how do we know if windows it's just spitting out random devices by its self, I love how you wrote a whole essay on how devices connect to open Wi-Fi due to wifi sense. Not saying that they don't and I know my phone connects to Wi-Fi but why would other phones try connecting to secure wifi? Unless they are a neighbor trying to connect to my router. But it's not just one there are so many random mac address with different names everyday trying to connect. Got another presentation to answer that?

I mean your answer is not wrong, what I'm getting at its why is your devices trying to connect when you can try to find networks, it just don't make sense. But have you tried finding your windows phone on your network? I don't think that you will find it, if you do then you must be doing something that is not known by most people, or people that know more than open up a browser and check email

why would other phones try connecting to secure wifi

Just to check.

I mean your answer is not wrong, what I'm getting at its why is your devices trying to connect when you can try to find networks, it just don't make sense. But have you tried finding your windows phone on your network?

That's a good point. Interestingly enough, I have never seen a Windows Phone do this. It's only ever been devices running an older version of Android.