Jucius Maximus's Journal: Wardriving!

I just went wardriving for the first time today. A Camry plus an iBook plus an Airport card plus iStumbler add up to one great little adventure!

This took place in the residential areas surrounding downtown Toronto Canada, and in the nearby city of Mississauga and I was finding hotspots at a rate of about 5 per minute.

Unsurprising Findings:
About 80% of APs were not encrypted.
About 70% of APs had default ssid settings, typically "Wireless" or "Linksys."
The AP at my own place did not show up since I have the ssid broadcast turned off.
Warchalking is a lost cause when it's raining.
Don't eat and wardrive. Your notebook gets all dirty.

Surprising Findings:

1. People who change the ssid use silly names. For example, "Dr. (name)'s Office" or "110WillowStreet." Yes, I actually saw an address somewhere in Mississauga, near Hurontario and Dundas I believe.

2. It's possible that the Toronto Stock Exchange has a hotspot running. I saw something called "TSENET" when driving near to the TSE. Who knows, it could have been anything.

3. Wardriving is a helluva good time!

No moderations!

[Jucius Maximus]

This message is just to let you know I am not moderating in my own journal.

cool

[intermodal]

yeah...when I set my onboard computer up in my car, i'm planning on integrating wardriving features. I'm thinking probably an old thinkpad as an mp3 player slash controller, and my current thinkpad as a master if i bring it.

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[intermodal]

um....how in the hell was that a troll?

Re:cool

[Jucius Maximus]

You got me. Maybe someone who does not like me is troll-moderating in my journal.

Re:cool

[intermodal]

Probably, I was on topic and realistic...oh well. Can't reason with a moderator who has no face.