Was this device by any chance the Wink connected home hub, and was the review by any chance this one? I just happened to be looking into that device this weekend and noticed the same thing. I ended up not buying one for reasons totally unrelated to the hidden SSID thing (agree with Dan and others that hidden SSID is more of a liability than any kind of security feature) but did notice that very strange litmus test was so integral to the mediocre review.