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Out of curiosity, has anyone ever been sued over their SSID?

by SllX 5y ago

notacoward 5y ago
Good question. I'd be surprised if those companies would go after an individual over an "infringing" SSID, but if you sold a product using them that would be a different matter. An open-source project would probably fall somewhere in between.
dmje 5y ago
We had one on our street called FuckOffAndGetYourOwn which I always liked
- Sohcahtoa82 5y ago
  I've always been partial to ones named like "NSA Monitor 3AB9D4"
  - youngbullind 5y ago
    I have my phone's hot-spot named Surveillance van no. 42, and an open guest wifi for whoever needs it called It's nice to be nice
- nobody9999 5y ago
  >We had one on our street called FuckOffAndGetYourOwn which I always liked There was an SSID in my building called "Free Palestine." A couple years later, someone created another one called "The Shin Bet."[0] I found that to be both disturbing and amusing. After the Muslim grad students on the third floor moved back to Australia, "Free Palestine" disappeared, and when the orthodox Jews moved out of the fourth floor, "The Shin Bet" went away too. Now it's mostly boring, and while I may be doxxing myself (if you can see this SSID, reply here as we almost certainly live in the same building) but I still have the SSID GranMal (an ironic reference to this[1]). Moral: Looking at SSIDs can be fun! [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin_Bet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin_Bet [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6015645/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6015645/
  - apetresc 5y ago
    I don't understand your ironic reference :( What does "GranMal" have to do with that paper about wifi's effect on epileptic rats?
    - duskwuff 5y ago
      A grand mal seizure is a particularly serious type of seizure.
  - SllX 5y ago
    Nobody ever did answer my question, but your comment makes me glad I asked. :) Thanks!
tqwhite 5y ago
I have a neighbor whose SSID is itHurtsWhenIP. I've always liked that.
- nobody9999 5y ago
  >I have a neighbor whose SSID is itHurtsWhenIP. I've always liked that. While it may not be the source of your neighbor's SSID, It's certainly possible (maybe even likely) that it's a reference to this song[0]. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vmPwZT-9zY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vmPwZT-9zY
notacoward 5y ago
Yes. https://reason.com/volokh/2018/04/29/libel-by-wifi-network-name/ https://reason.com/volokh/2018/04/29/libel-by-wifi-network-n... Sure, it was defamation rather than copyright, but it certainly puts the lie to a certain other commenter who seems to think that if he personally can't find it on Google then it must not exist.
- SllX 5y ago
  Well that was an entertaining read. It appears the answer thus far is “yes, at least once.” Thanks!

Out of curiosity, has anyone ever been sued over their SSID?

by SllX 5y ago

Out of curiosity, has anyone ever been sued over their SSID?

Good question. I'd be surprised if those companies would go after an individual over an "infringing" SSID, but if you sold a product using them that would be a different matter. An open-source project would probably fall somewhere in between.

dmje 5y ago

We had one on our street called FuckOffAndGetYourOwn which I always liked

Sohcahtoa82 5y ago
I've always been partial to ones named like "NSA Monitor 3AB9D4"
- youngbullind 5y ago
  I have my phone's hot-spot named Surveillance van no. 42, and an open guest wifi for whoever needs it called It's nice to be nice
nobody9999 5y ago
>We had one on our street called FuckOffAndGetYourOwn which I always liked There was an SSID in my building called "Free Palestine." A couple years later, someone created another one called "The Shin Bet."[0] I found that to be both disturbing and amusing. After the Muslim grad students on the third floor moved back to Australia, "Free Palestine" disappeared, and when the orthodox Jews moved out of the fourth floor, "The Shin Bet" went away too. Now it's mostly boring, and while I may be doxxing myself (if you can see this SSID, reply here as we almost certainly live in the same building) but I still have the SSID GranMal (an ironic reference to this[1]). Moral: Looking at SSIDs can be fun! [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin_Bet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin_Bet [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6015645/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6015645/
- apetresc 5y ago
  I don't understand your ironic reference :( What does "GranMal" have to do with that paper about wifi's effect on epileptic rats?
  - duskwuff 5y ago
    A grand mal seizure is a particularly serious type of seizure.
- SllX 5y ago
  Nobody ever did answer my question, but your comment makes me glad I asked. :) Thanks!

tqwhite 5y ago

I have a neighbor whose SSID is itHurtsWhenIP. I've always liked that.

nobody9999 5y ago
>I have a neighbor whose SSID is itHurtsWhenIP. I've always liked that. While it may not be the source of your neighbor's SSID, It's certainly possible (maybe even likely) that it's a reference to this song[0]. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vmPwZT-9zY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vmPwZT-9zY

notacoward 5y ago

Yes. https://reason.com/volokh/2018/04/29/libel-by-wifi-network-name/ https://reason.com/volokh/2018/04/29/libel-by-wifi-network-n... Sure, it was defamation rather than copyright, but it certainly puts the lie to a certain other commenter who seems to think that if he personally can't find it on Google then it must not exist.

SllX 5y ago
Well that was an entertaining read. It appears the answer thus far is “yes, at least once.” Thanks!