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Wi-Fi by Rail, Bus or Boat

Posted by michael on from the 24/7/365 dept.

securitas writes "The New York Times' Glenn Fleishman writes about the growth of 802.11x WiFi wireless Internet access on commuter rail, bus and ferry boat now that it's commonly available in restaurants and coffee shops. The article also has an illustration by Al Granberg of some of the techniques used to achieve ubiquitous WiFi in motion."

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  1. hmm.. by npistentis · · Score: 5, Informative

    Isn't this the very same article The Register viciously assaults for being biased? Intriguing...

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  2. Re:Security by MoonBuggy · · Score: 5, Informative

    The grandparent clearly said they're neighbours not wardrivers and that they're hacking the (presumably WEP) encryption. This is quite believable, especially if you're in a techie neighbourhood and the people in the next house can't afford to get 3Mbit broadband like you have - it only takes a day or so of capturing and cracking frames to gain access, a quite reasonable feat if you're stationed near the access point and have the knowledge of how to run a simple cracking program.