Australian Police Plan Wardriving Mission

bfire writes "Police officers in the Australian state of Queensland plan to conduct a 'wardriving' mission around select towns in an effort to educate citizens to secure their wireless networks. When unsecured networks are found, the Police will pay a friendly visit to the household or small business, informing them of the risks they are exposing themselves to. Officers also hope to return to surveyed areas within a month to see if users have fixed their security settings. The idea is modeled on another campaign where officers walk around railway stations checking cars have been locked, and leaving notes warning people of the dangers involved with leaving their vehicles unsecured."

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Re:Aiding and Abetting?

[Urban Garlic]

Not sure what a "ram raid" is, but crooks will also steal older, ordinary-looking cars to courier illicit substances around. In 1997, my twelve-year-old ultra-boring econobox was stolen and later recovered, and when I got it back, there were cavities gouged out of the bottom of the seat cushions. The police said this matched the profile of a drug-gang courier operation, they stash the stuff in the seats, and the boringness of the car helps keep it off the police radar.

Re:Aiding and Abetting?

[vertinox]

As if smashing the window and opening the door the old-fashioned way were so difficult.

No, but where I live if you don't lock your doors, you'll find a homeless person in it in the morning during the winter.

I suppose they can smash the window to get in but that defeats the purpose of getting out of the cold.