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Mysterious WiFi network being broadcast from my PC

I have a laptop (Framework 16) running Windows 11 Education 23H2 (Build 22631.3737). Today, I noticed a secure WiFi network called Direct-URLAPPYmsQA where LAPPY is the name of my machine. I have no idea what is enabling this network or what I might do to disable it, or even what the implications of it existing are. I'm not even sure how I would go about connecting to it since it's encrypted and I don't have a key to my knowledge. I'm pretty sure it's not something I enabled, and I can't find any settings for enabling/disabling WiFi Direct on Win11. Any help is appreciated!

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