Consumer Wi-Fi device manufacturers really need to have better defaults.
#cososec
Below are two screenshots from a scan I just did for nearby access points. These are both Netgear routers. WPS has been known to be terrible for years, yet it's enabled by default.
Why are these routers broadcasting the number of connected clients and channel utilization? TMI.
One of my neighbors made the situation worse by using their address as the SSID (redacted). 
@voltronic Channel 9! There's always some joker who violates the de facto rule of 1,6,11.
@Dashdrum
Oh I get it now. My MO for many years was to use a scanning app and manually pick channels that were clear or at the very least less crowded, so I'm less concerned about which actual channel number I'm using.
@voltronic Tough to remember, but wasn't channel 9 something special for CB radio?
@Dashdrum @voltronic Yup. CB channel 9 was (is) the emergency channel (although there is no enforcing rules on CB folks!)
No rules on wifi channels, I read a great article on picking good channel #’s, based on frequencies and overlap. I didn’t save it though.
@voltronic Oh, WiFi is a totally different spectrum than CB. The “channels” have nothing to do with each other.
@Dashdrum was just making an old school channel reference.
There’s nothing wrong with Wi-Fi channel 9, it’s just not common. 6 or 11 usually fit the bill.
@voltronic Ha! You have no idea how much I flub radio stuff. I’m an “extra” ham, and worked in networking, and should know this stuff, but it’s a lot of brain cells. @Dashdrum
@Dashdrum @voltronic for CB, yes. It's for emergency messages
@voltronic No, I've just had the convention beaten into me that WiFi setups should only use 1,6 and 11 because they don't overlap each other.
Also, old man yells at cloud