This was mentioned on Paul Thurrott's site in March: http://www.winsupersite.com/paul/mailbag/100321.asp#1 http://www.winsupersite.com/paul/mailbag/100321.asp#1

This was mentioned on Paul Thurrott's site in March: http://www.winsupersite.com/paul/mailbag/100321.asp#1 http://www.winsupersite.com/paul/mailbag/100321.asp#1, and that linked to an explanation from 2007: http://www.wlanbook.com/free-public-wifi-ssid/ http://www.wlanbook.com/free-public-wifi-ssid/. Definitely not a new phenomena or explanation.