Regardless of whether or not sending deauth packets counts as jamming, the root problem can be solved by simply enabling and requiring protected management frames on your router&#x2F;hotspot&#x2F;phone.<p>Once you have protected management frames required, the only way to block your devices from connecting to your hotspot would be the kind of <i>actual jamming</i> that I&#x27;m sure we can all agree is illegal. Problem solved.<p>Unfortunately most phones&#x27; hotspot apps don&#x27;t let you configure this setting (and disable it by default), so we need to push OEMs to enable it by default or at least make it configurable. I for one have it required on my home network, and it gives me peace of mind knowing that I can&#x27;t be deauthed by random strangers.