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Best Wireless SSIDs You Have Seen?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the something-a-little-different dept.

Ant writes "Best SSIDs you have seen is the name of the new Broadband Reports' wireless security forum. Funny ones listed that made me chuckle: WardriversOpenAP, GET LOST, HackedAP, SecureAP (no WEP/WPA), TOP_SECRET, HPD-FieldOffice, MiddleEarth, HoneyPot, mine, and people's full/last name." I think naming your network 'Default' or 'Linksys' should be a crime ;)

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  1. Best SSID by harlingtoxad · · Score: 5, Funny

    The best SSIDs are generic names like linksys or default. Generic names most always mean I get free wireless access.

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  2. personal favs by Darth_brooks · · Score: 3, Funny

    HackerDetected and Iwillsniffyourpackets are a couple I've seen.

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  3. juvenile cleverness by siliconcenturion · · Score: 3, Funny

    my friend and i were at a summer camp where we werent supposed to have internet access, but we plugged in a WAP we brought and set the SSID to "drewisawanker"
    drew was the name of his RA
    the next day we saw 3 RA's walking through the hallway trying to triangulate the location of the WAP
    crazy kids we were!

  4. If it is wrong to call my AP LINKSYS by blowdart · · Score: 4, Funny

    when it's a Netgear with WPA running then I don't want to be right.

  5. I laughed my ass off at this one: by anakin357 · · Score: 5, Funny

    BeaverNet, and before you ask.. yes, it was "wide open" :)

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  6. Re:My neighborhood by powerpointmonkey · · Score: 4, Funny

    Up until two weeks ago, mine was the only SSID visible, Ok, so it's called 'home', but it's not broadcast, it's using wep and it's locked down by MAC address last week default and sitecom appeared. Both with default router passwords, I guess someone in my neighborhood got broadband for christmas. I feel like broadcasting my SSID and changing it to 'I'm at number 35, for god's sake please come over and speek to me about wireless network security!'

  7. Why I'm A Bastard by WombatControl · · Score: 5, Funny

    I used to live fairly close to a major street and not too far from a university campus, so wardrivers were always trying to connect to my network.

    So I decided to ask WWTBOFHD? (What Would The Bastard Operator From Hell Do?)

    So, I set up a nice AP called 'linksys' with no WEP. Obviously, every freeloader on the planet would try and connect to it.

    Oh, and you could connect to it alright. The problem was that it was connected directly to a proxy server that rerouted every web request directly to goatse.cx and blocked everything else.

    Apparently the word got around, and the number of people trying to access that AP went down precipitously after that.

    I'm such a bastard...

  8. "noconnect-Federaloffense" by flinxmeister · · Score: 3, Funny

    I set up one for a buddy of mine with this SSID. His building is right next to a post office, so it adds credibility. It's hilarious to watch people come in and see "do you want to connect to noconnect-federaloffense?" One literally jumped back from his laptop.

    I guess the Man has us trained well!

  9. The best I've seen... by xorowo · · Score: 5, Funny

    At a hotel that charged for Internet access, someone had an access point with the SSID, "LeaveBeeror5dollarsatRoom505". Nice, cheap, easy Internet access without the $15 charge the hotel wanted.

  10. My neighborhood by BrK · · Score: 3, Funny

    My home AP is named "FuckOff". It's secured (to the extent that an AP *can* be secured) well enough.

    My neighbor INSISTS on leaving his WRT54G unsecured. I change it whenever I'm bored (I've also connected to the LAN, and then to one of his shared printers and printed out some "interesting" photos). I'll name his AP stuff like "pimpwifi" "secureme" "hellomike", etc. Nothing too interesting really.

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  11. The same as my password by philkerr · · Score: 3, Funny

    *****

    It's easy to remember :)

  12. Re:"The Tits are Here" by myom · · Score: 3, Funny

    Acquintance of mine has a SSID "Blew me for helping with WLAN" (In Finnish though, "Imutti WLAN-avusta", I think) in his neighbourhood. He's been looking out through his window since the discovery at his neighbours lately trying to figure out which woman it is, always willing to help out.

  13. Re:Best SSID by EvilTwinSkippy · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'll just wave that one on.

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  14. Re:My neighborhood by jarich · · Score: 5, Funny
    Great job!

    I knew this little old lady who didn't lock one of her windows, so I snuck in and changed all her locks and added a vulgar greeting to her answering machine! Boy was that funny!

    Now she locks her windows, has new locks and generally has better security at her house! Mission accomplished! I'm glad I took the time to teach that stupid old lady a lesson.

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  15. Re:My neighborhood by NanoGator · · Score: 3, Funny

    "So I changed their SSID to "Yeasty Cunts" and then I booted and blocked them off their own network. I felt that doing this would teach them a little lesson in security."

    It taught me a lesson on how to be an asshole.

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