Strange new WiFi SSID in Neighborhood (Vanity)

August 26, 2011 | Self

[JRios1968]

Dunkel Franziskaner http://tinyurl.com/42mah2a

[rockrr]

Mine is a variation of yours ;-)

[Jonty30]

Did you check your basement?

[KarlInOhio]

Time for me to dig some wireless routers out of the box of outdated equipment, give them fun SSIDs and let them confuse my neighbors. I think "Al Qaeda HQ" and "FBI Surveillance Team" would be a good start. Well, maybe not. I might get an actual FBI surveillance team looking for the al Qaeda HQ.

[StolarStorm]

I caught a neighbor leaching off one of my test networks so I changed the SSID to “I know who you are”.

[Major Matt Mason]

Someone in my neighborhood named their router "CIA Surveillance Van 27A". I'm sure the CIA wouldn't be that open with regard to naming their computing equipment, not would the FBI.

[Paladin2]

My favorite is along the lines of: “Ill hack U”

[mnehring]

I vote
Tastes Great
&
Less Filling

[commish]

LOL. I have mine set to “Cat_Detector_Van”

[ParityErr]

I had a client (i'm a IT consultant) complain that he couldn't access the internet through his wireless router (open)..Turns out someone had locked him out of his own router. I chuckled and did a system reset then set the security.

He said the reason he left it open was because he lived in a safe neighborhood..well, then there's that high school next door.

[Spruce]

The random default names of newer Cisco consumer routers is a color and a tree combination. Like RedOak, or BluePine. Ours was AquaWillow. My girls liked it so we kept it.

[StolarStorm]

And of course your ID is Spruce. :)

[DannyTN]

"any strange or abnormal habits or practices that might get their attention?"

Well he's a Freeper. If he's a Christian or Veteran that ought to about nail it. Obviously a homegrown terrorist!

Then again, that's a "FBI" database. They are probably just looking to sell some weapons to illegals. If it's was homeland Security I'd start worrying.

[submarinerswife]

[Straight Vermonter]

I have mine named “Police Surveillance Van #3”.

It’s just a joke.

[RegulatorCountry]

Its someone technoligically savy spoofing you. I see them a lot.

Yep, gotta watch out for them technoligically savy spoofters, they'll getcha every time, lol.

[relictele]

Desperate apartment building tenants fed up with certain noises changed theirs to

WECANHEARYOUHAVINGSEX

[dfwgator]

I’ve seen some pretty vulgar SSIDs out there, and the thing is, a lot of game systems that kids can access can see those SSID names.

[mnehring]

[Defiant]

Lol. See here: wifi names