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Wardriving From 1500ft Up

Posted by timothy on from the beats-an-in-flight-movie dept.

luciensims writes "Wireless networking blog e3.com.au is running a story about a few of their members flying a private aircraft 1500ft above Perth, Western Australia. They found over 90 access points. Details are here."

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  1. Ok, they find the access point and then.... by therealmoose · · Score: 2, Funny

    How do you write with chalk at 1500ft? Must have looong arms...

    1. Re:Ok, they find the access point and then.... by Subcarrier · · Score: 2, Funny

      How do you write with chalk at 1500ft?

      The same way pigeons do it?

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  2. shouldnt that be.... by jeffy124 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Fly-by Hackings?

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  3. D'uh. We don't have enough war(foo)ing. by dsb3 · · Score: 0, Funny

    So ... call it what it is ... warflying!

    How'd you get the chalk to stick up there, anyway??

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  4. Good thing it's not in the USA! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Oh my god! Hackers (read as: terrorists) flying planes at low altitude over cities?

  5. Re:D'uh. We don't have enough war(foo)ing. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    You don't use chalk. You sky-write!

  6. new found use! by garcia · · Score: 2, Funny

    are they going to mark the locations by skywriting? :)

  7. Geez. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    Wardriving, war on drugs, war on terrorism, war this, war that.

    What an aggressive society we have become!

    1. Re:Geez. by Peyna · · Score: 3, Funny

      Warcraft for me.

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  8. This is stupid by stere0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Who puts access points at 1500 feet anyway? :)

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  9. Re:Slashdotted by Alien54 · · Score: 3, Funny
    e3 maintenance

    e3 is currently down for maintenance. Please try again in 30 minutes.

    In other words, the server exploded into a pile of twisted wire,metal,and silicon.

    they're trying to build another one.

    no google cache available at this time. Besides, the page is served via php..

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  10. Oooh, Sponsorship! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I'll be writing to Mr. Pringle today to arrange sponsorship.

    The next time you're buyig prongles, don't be surprised to see: Original, Sour Cream & Onion, BBQ, and High Gain.