I've never seen that one, but I always use FBI + some long random string of numbers. A while back I had a neighbor ask me if I knew anyone on the street that was with the FBI. :)
It's passive aggressive because the people aren't directly speaking to their neighbors. Kind of like the notes in passiveaggressivenotes.com - those notes are direct, but they avoid direct confrontation.
Then all notes are passive by nature of not being face to face, and they should just be called "aggressive notes." Except many of these aren't aggressive in that they're not deliberately hostile or vengeful, just plain directives that some readers take as personal attacks for some reason.
this really isnt news I mean back when everyone left thier routers open be default alot of the network names where even more aggressive its funny they know howto change the sisd but not the damn password or encryption type lol
There's a trade-in electronics chain in the UK called CeX, and their WiFi hotspots are open and named 'Unprotected CeX' by default which I always found amusing.
You're almost certainly not the "only one." But, most of us don't bother because it doesn't provide any additional security (and might mislead you into thinking you can make your network less secure).
No, it doesn't. Spectrum analyzers can detect WiFi signals regardless of whether or not they are broadcasting an SSID, which includes discerning what channel they are on. By extension, most software built-in to WAPs that automatically chooses the channel to reduce conflicts will do similar spectrum analysis. You can read GP's article from TechNet for more information on this.
It would be great if everyone just put their phone number as the SSID.
Phone numbers are unique and let others contact you if they want to use your wifi for some reason. Would probably help neighbors get hold of each other in emergencies as well.
But then any random passerby could harvest phone numbers easily. And because of the nature of a) cell phones and b) wireless networks, there isn't really a good correlation from wifi-availability to geographic location to actual phone location. You might know all of your neighbours' phone numbers, but not which goes with whom, nor which ones are on your floor, or even in your building. And just imagine someone phoning them all to try to find out who's playing music at night.
When I lived in an apartment building our SSID was "internet-304". 304 being my apartment number.
No one ever showed up at my door or anything, but it was there. Seems like the most obvious and succinct way to tie the access point to a physical location, which seems the most obvious way to open communications.
Great idea. My in-laws have it backwards: the password is the street number... Changing it would break all devices that already store the password, so it stays.
If I were to open a free wifi network and let anybody use it, say call it: "Free Internet!" and many people used it.
Could I intercept those users personal information suck as Facebook usernames, passwords, emails, etc?
How deep would me penetration go? Or will I only be able to intercept packets?
I always tell my wife to not use online banking etc when she visits a cafe with free internet, but it's just a hunch - not based on my actual knowledge on the matter. That's why I'm asking. Thanks!
> Could I intercept those users personal information suck as Facebook usernames, passwords, emails, etc?
Yes. You'd have to do a bit of work, since the info would be encrypted, but by being in-path you would get all the info you need to decrypt the messages.
> I always tell my wife to not use online banking etc when she visits a cafe with free internet, but it's just a hunch - not based on my actual knowledge on the matter. That's why I'm asking. Thanks!
Unless she does her web browsing over a secured vpn, then there's a chance that information could be seen by someone.
I've been using "just sit down and have a nice cup of tea" for some time. I use hyphens in the actual name. Alas, my neighbours still have SKY-some-large-number or the BT equivalent. They all do have wpa2 turned on however.
I've recently run across a handful of political messages in prominent locations. Taking the train from Tampere to Turku, Finland, for example, someone on the train was broadcasting a really long SSID that translates roughly to "Support tram construction in Tampere and Turku!"
I have two networks, a private one and a public one. The public one has no password, and the SSID is "My Address Guest". I've received thank-you notes. If overuse gets to be an issue, I'll throttle the public side, but it hasn't been so far.
And what if someone uses it for illegal activities? The buck would stop with you (or at least start there). I'd be very wary about an Open WiFi these days....
my wireless SSID has been 1337haxz0r for the last 6 years. Nobody has attempted to break in, I hope to confuse people who don't use 1337 speak or scare off people that do...
God is just. Why else would Jesus say "turn the other cheek."
God says...
LORD be of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without
blemish.
3:7 If he offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it before
the LORD.
3:8 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill
it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons shall
sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar.
3:9 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an
offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat thereof, and the whole
rump, it shall he take off hard by the backbone; and the fat that
covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 3:10
And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the
flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he
take away.
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[ 3.8 ms ] story [ 110 ms ] threadThat's what makes them passive in this instance. They are relayed without actively delivering them.
Awesome windows virusy-thing that was...
See "Why Non-broadcast Networks are not a Security Feature" at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb726942.aspx#EDA...
Phone numbers are unique and let others contact you if they want to use your wifi for some reason. Would probably help neighbors get hold of each other in emergencies as well.
You're right about the flat number / street number situation though. It might be good to add that to the SSID as well.
Loud music seems like a perfect use case for the information.
No one ever showed up at my door or anything, but it was there. Seems like the most obvious and succinct way to tie the access point to a physical location, which seems the most obvious way to open communications.
I think it'll need to hit a critical mass before it's useful. People don't expect SSID's to have useful information so they don't look for it there.
No password.
"Pay 1711 10 bones for access"
If I were to open a free wifi network and let anybody use it, say call it: "Free Internet!" and many people used it.
Could I intercept those users personal information suck as Facebook usernames, passwords, emails, etc?
How deep would me penetration go? Or will I only be able to intercept packets?
I always tell my wife to not use online banking etc when she visits a cafe with free internet, but it's just a hunch - not based on my actual knowledge on the matter. That's why I'm asking. Thanks!
Firesheep: Easy HTTP session hijacking from within Firefox
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1827928
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firesheep
Yes. You'd have to do a bit of work, since the info would be encrypted, but by being in-path you would get all the info you need to decrypt the messages.
> I always tell my wife to not use online banking etc when she visits a cafe with free internet, but it's just a hunch - not based on my actual knowledge on the matter. That's why I'm asking. Thanks!
Unless she does her web browsing over a secured vpn, then there's a chance that information could be seen by someone.
On the other hand there things to watch out for like SSL strip.
http://www.thoughtcrime.org/software/sslstrip/
So make sure that you are actually using the HTTPS version of any site.
If you are using standard HTTP (or another unencrypted protocol) then you can assume that the network owner can intercept everything you are doing.
http://www.poetrylibrary.org.uk/exhibitions/current/?id=50
I think goto10 have automated the id string thing. I saw something like this in Birmingham some months ago, goto10 did a residence then.
http://static-mb.minutebuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/c...
See also:
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/01/my_open_wirele...
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/04/open-wireless-movement
God says...
LORD be of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.
3:7 If he offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it before the LORD.
3:8 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar.
3:9 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat thereof, and the whole rump, it shall he take off hard by the backbone; and the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 3:10 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.