Neighbor's WiFi showing in my Speccy Network info

Speccy
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Anyone know why this would be there? It shows mine, as it should, and then shows my upstairs neighbor as well. Do I need to be concerned about this? Thanks much for any help!

Wi-Fi (ME) 

SSID    ME

Frequency    2412000 kHz

Channel Number    1

Name    ME

Signal Strength/Quality    100

Security    Enabled

State    The interface is connected to a network

Dot11 Type    Infrastructure BSS network

Network    Connectible

Network Flags    Currently Connected to this network

Cipher Algorithm to be used when joining this network    AES-CCMP algorithm

Default Auth used to join this network for the first time    802.11i RSNA algorithm that uses PSK

Wi-Fi (Minckstir) NEIGHBOR

SSID    Minckstir

Frequency    2447000 kHz

Channel Number    8

Name    Minckstir

Signal Strength/Quality    82

Security    Enabled

State    The interface is connected to a network

Dot11 Type    Infrastructure BSS network

Network    Connectible

Network Flags    There is a profile for this network

Cipher Algorithm to be used when joining this network    AES-CCMP algorithm

Default Auth used to join this network for the first time    802.11i RSNA algorithm that uses PSK</p>
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Hi missminerva

With speccy I can see my neighbors wifi info as well' and can also see their network in the list of available networks to join via Windows "Network and Sharing Center"> if I had their password :lol:

I assume that they can see my info too.

Keep your network security enabled !

And make sure a password is needed to join your network !

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Thanks much! Never noticed it before. Pretty sure I'm covered...

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It will show any wifi network that your PC / laptop is currently picking up.

At the moment my laptop is showing mine plus three others, and all also show in speccy.

(All neighbours, and I do have the passwords for two of them).

If you have unlimited broadband it's can be a good idea to share passwords with a trusted neighbour who also has unlimited.

Then if something happens to yours you can use theirs while you sort it out, and vice-versa.