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http://gawker.com/5832665/do-not-name-your-wifi-network-fbi-surveillance-van http://gawker.com/5832665/do-not-name-your-wifi-network-fbi-... Spoilers: I live

by Steko 14y ago

http://gawker.com/5832665/do-not-name-your-wifi-network-fbi-surveillance-van http://gawker.com/5832665/do-not-name-your-wifi-network-fbi-... Spoilers: I live in a very dense apartment building and my wifi network is FBI_Surveillance_Van. I totally thought of it first.

raverbashing 14y ago
Now I'm curious to find "FBI naming policy chapter V: computer networks"
- ableal 14y ago
  On that vein, this may help: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ships_of_the_Culture_setting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ships_of_the_Culture_se... (Iain Banks started with Nervous Energy and went downhill from there.)
  - cpeterso 14y ago
    I like Alastair Reynold's Revelation Space ship names, such as Nostalgia for Infinity or Gnostic Ascension.
dmix 14y ago
Why even broadcast a signal? You just opening your router to get hacked... I learned that lesson twice.
- CamperBob2 14y ago
  Conventional wisdom is that turning off SSID broadcasts does absolutely nothing to deter people using hacking tools.
  - dmix 14y ago
    Of course it wouldn't deter a someone with skill but it deters a bunch of people from googling how to use Reaver. I also filter mac addresses as plan b.
briandear 14y ago
There's one of those in my Jersey City neighborhood.