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Open Park Project Gives Free Wi-Fi to Capitol Hill

Posted by timothy on from the freedom-among-the-sausagemakers dept.

mindless4210 writes "The Open Park Project has made free Wi-Fi internet access available to anyone around the Supreme Court, Library of Congress, and Capitol Visitor's Center. "It's a hotspot for democracy," said Greg Staple, Open Park's co-founder. The non-profit organization has also received a significant donation of Wi-Fi equipment from Tropos Networks, which it plans to use to establish a mesh of free hotspots across the National Mall."

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  1. kismet time! by crstophr · · Score: 5, Funny

    Time to get the nice 10db 802.11 antenna up on the jeep, park nearby and soak up the packets!

    1.) Park Car/hangout with laptop, with linux->kismet->dsniff
    2.) Soak up logins/passwords, web surfing (pr0n), instant messaging habits of congressmen, aids, lobbyists etc
    3.) PROFIT!

  2. Re:Security courses by Saeed+al-Sahaf · · Score: 5, Funny

    The network admin at one of my former jobs was a Nun with a ruler (Sisters of Providence Medical Center). The tightest network operation I've ever seen.

    --
    "Who are in control, they are not in control of anything - they don't even control themselves!" - Glen Beck