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Australian police plan "wardriving" missions to help secure residents' WiFi
- jameswyse 15y agoGoodbye free Internet! I might create a few networks just to wind them up.. perhaps "Buy cocaine - [your nemesis' phone number]"
- steverb 15y agoI keep an open wifi on as a public service myself. If they start doing this locally I may have to change the SSID to something more annoying.
- lwat 15y agoAdd a password but call your wifi 'Password is XXXXXXX' and they'll probably leave you alone
- eurleif 15y ago>Goodbye free Internet! They're just warning residents that having an unsecured network can cause security problems. They're not making it illegal.
- bigiain 15y agoI might have to go buy a dozen or so of something like these: http://www.dealextreme.com/p/tp-link-703n-ultra-mini-portable-3g-802-11b-g-n-150mbps-wifi-wireless-router-light-blue-white-102903 http://www.dealextreme.com/p/tp-link-703n-ultra-mini-portabl... and some batteries, then follow a few cops home and duct-tape them underneath their letterboxes…
- cobychapple 15y agoThen there's the additional problem of people still choosing WEP encryption despite WPA/WPA2 being available on their router. I mean WEP is better than nothing, but still a security risk.
- Lukeas14 15y agoI'll assume they're just doing a public service but a conspiracy theorist might say: A record of who's wireless routers are secured/unsecured would come in handy when a citizen is taken to court for seeding torrents.
- spobo 15y agoSo they are above the law? I thought wardriving was illegal.