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1. Setup an open access point in the middle of campus. 2. Give it a default name (e.g. 'linksys'). 3. Capture packets. 4. Profit.
by pyre 12y ago
1. Setup an open access point in the middle of campus.
2. Give it a default name (e.g. 'linksys').
3. Capture packets.
4. Profit.
- scandinavian 12y agoThere is no profit though, no one uses YikYak for posting anything remotely important.
- TazeTSchnitzel 12y agoEhh, people sometimes post embarassing/hateful things on YikYak, being able to out them would be a problem.
- btown 12y agoOr to blackmail them so you don't reveal their identity.
- smt88 12y agoAn app should not be considered "secure" because it doesn't currently have important data. Twitter wasn't much of a honeypot, either, until activists and corporations started using it. Did Twitter know the exact moment that happened? No. They should have been secure long before that.
- pyre 12y agoDon't take it so literally. In this case "profit" is just synonym for "goal". See: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/profit http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/profit
- semi-extrinsic 12y agoThere's this thing called a "jasager" that you might also be interested in looking into. Particularly combined with airdrop-ng. I was a bit shocked when I learned how that particular aspect of 802.11 is implemented.
- TazeTSchnitzel 12y agoOr set one up called "Free WiFi" in a location with a WiFi blackspot that many students congregate at.