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Strange new WiFi SSID in Neighborhood (Vanity)
August 26, 2011 | Self

Posted on 08/26/2011 11:37:17 AM PDT by keat

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1 posted on 08/26/2011 11:37:24 AM PDT by keat
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Honeypot......look it up


2 posted on 08/26/2011 11:38:57 AM PDT by dila813
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Probably some teenager being a jokester.


3 posted on 08/26/2011 11:40:02 AM PDT by glorgau
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Somebody set up the WiFi to show that.

I set mine up as FUBO!

4 posted on 08/26/2011 11:40:02 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal The 16th Amendment!)
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Just being silly. Mine is called 0BamaSux


5 posted on 08/26/2011 11:40:18 AM PDT by for-q-clinton (If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
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Yeah, that you can name your ID anything you want. NSA Overlord SnoopNet. BATFE Fast N Furious Internet Service. You get the idea.


6 posted on 08/26/2011 11:40:20 AM PDT by Steel Wolf ("Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master." - Gaius Sallustius Crispus)
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The ones you REALLY have to watch out for are "Free WIFI ad hoc."
7 posted on 08/26/2011 11:40:38 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Palin is coming, and the Tea Party is coming with her.)
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To: dila813

“Honeypot......look it up”

Could be, the FBI loves entrapment.


8 posted on 08/26/2011 11:40:42 AM PDT by dljordan ("Tyranny, like Hell, is not easily conquered.")
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Its someone technoligically savy spoofing you. I see them a lot.


9 posted on 08/26/2011 11:41:13 AM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature ($1.84 - The price of a gallon of gas on Jan. 20th, 2009.)
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I’ve made the names of my WiFi routers to items very similar to that one. Just for the laughs and to give the local hacker wannabbe kids a thrill.


10 posted on 08/26/2011 11:41:28 AM PDT by StolarStorm
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The FBI is renting the house next door to monitor you. Do you have any strange or abnormal habits or practices that might get their attention?

/mostly joking


11 posted on 08/26/2011 11:41:36 AM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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You’re going to have to acquire some serious tin-foil helmets, stat.


12 posted on 08/26/2011 11:42:54 AM PDT by Paladin2
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Connect to it and find out what happens.


13 posted on 08/26/2011 11:43:09 AM PDT by frogjerk (Today is already the tomorrow which the bad economist yesterday urged us to ignore. - HAZLITT)
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To: IllumiNaughtyByNature

I’ve used VirusXpress and other names that are difficult to associate with me.


14 posted on 08/26/2011 11:44:13 AM PDT by NewHampshireDuo
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15 posted on 08/26/2011 11:44:34 AM PDT by TSgt (When in the Course of human events...)
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16 posted on 08/26/2011 11:44:44 AM PDT by JRios1968 (I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
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To: StolarStorm

I live right next to a classified government installation and named one of my nets like a black-ops operation. But no one seems to bother it even after ten years.


17 posted on 08/26/2011 11:45:34 AM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture (Could be worst in 40 years))
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I set one up named DeathStar one time. You can name it whatever you want.


18 posted on 08/26/2011 11:45:50 AM PDT by 6ppc (It's torch and pitchfork time)
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Some people set their name to be something to scare off potential wi-fi moochers.

But in this case I’m sure it’s just for giggles especially if it is password protected.

Besides the FBI would likely not broadcast their SSID anyway.


19 posted on 08/26/2011 11:45:57 AM PDT by VanDeKoik (1 million in stimulus dollars paid for this tagline!)
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I changed my router to “FBI Mobile Unit #22” for about a week at the beginning of the month to see if any of my neighbors would notice....

None of them did.


20 posted on 08/26/2011 11:46:41 AM PDT by Velvet_Jones
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