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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/18/uk_war_driving_arrests/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/18/uk_war_driving_arres... Situation in UK not clear, most

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/18/uk_war_driving_arrests/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/18/uk_war_driving_arres... Situation in UK not clear, most police action is around cautioning people doing strange things with laptops in parked cars. Responding to complaints. Given current security levels in UK coming up to Olympics, any use of communications kit like this in a moving vehicle would need to be really upfront, or you had better have a good story when stopped.

follower 15y ago
War-driving is no longer about laptops in cars. A couple of years ago I spoke at a New Zealand hacker con (http://2010.kiwicon.org/the-con/talks/#e41 http://2010.kiwicon.org/the-con/talks/#e41) about "Wardriving in the age of Arduino". My final demo was an Arduino-based War-walking rig that easily fit into a stylish Trilby hat and logged SSIDs with GPS locations as you walked. You could then easily display the result on a map with indications of the WEP/WPA/etc security in use. Is that dapper gentleman out for an afternoon constitutional or casing your network? (Besides, by now, most (possibly rooted) smart phones can probably do all that's required anyway.)
- keithpeter 15y ago
  Would respectfully advise that enhanced hat wearing people have a very clear explanation ready should the police stop them for any reason! They will need chin straps on windy days. I take the point about smart phones. What I was getting at is that street law often depends on whether someone has made a complaint to the police or not. Wardriving/warwalking may not automatically be breaking the law in the UK, except through the 'theft' of network or 'nuisance' issues.