NAC: Wifi .....WAS Subject: Re: bay area shop rec

Phil Payne quattro at isham-research.com
Tue Feb 24 04:22:59 EST 2004


> I just read on the plane in MobliePC mag or the like, a story about "war
> driving". These guys use software to check out everyone's home LAN & Wifi set up
> in communities.  Not so harmless until a savy WiFi user can check his router
> browser to see who's surfed his network........That's E-mail info and such.

NetStumbler's quite a good product.  Interesting that the UK term is "war walking" - we
haven't all lost the use of our legs over here yet.

I'm waiting for the first RIIA lawsuit triggered by someone downloading vast amounts of music
over someone else's broadband.

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