Wireless extender secure discovery and provisioning

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program executable by processor to perform a method for connecting to a wireless access point, the method comprising:

• receiving information from a wireless access point at an electronic device, wherein the received information includes one or more privacy settings relating to a secure wireless connection between the wireless access point and the electronic device;
• tuning a radio at the electronic device based on the information received from the wireless access point;
• and
• setting at least one of the privacy settings at the electronic device based on the information received from the wireless access point, wherein the at least one privacy setting is set automatically without requiring user input at the electronic device.

An apparatus for connecting to a wireless access point, the apparatus comprising:

• a network interface that receives information from a wireless access point, wherein the received information includes one or more privacy settings relating to a secure wireless connection with the wireless access point;
• a radio that is tuned based on the information received from the wireless access point;
• and
• a processor that executes instructions stored in memory, wherein execution of the instructions by the processor sets at least one of the privacy settings at the electronic device based on the information received from the wireless access point, wherein the at least one privacy setting is set automatically without requiring user input at the electronic device.