WiFi "war flying"

A Cessna 172 and Piper Cherokee go on an aerial hunt for WiFi
access points over the L.A. basin. They find over 4500, and
and successfully run Netmeeting betewen the aircraft.

Dorks.

They're lucky they didn't bump into each other.
-harry

"Harry M" wrote in message
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Dorks.

That's all you could come up with? Personally, I think it's kind of geeky,
but then I don't think "geek" is a dirty word either.

They're lucky they didn't bump into each other.

Why? They had someone in each plane to concentrate on flying, and at least
one other in each plane to concentrate on the laptop. Nothing in the
article said that they were not already trained in formation flying (to deal
with the 100 foot formation portion of the flight).

Pete

"Ross Oliver" wrote in message

A Cessna 172 and Piper Cherokee go on an aerial hunt for WiFi

My son and I were just talking about this sort of thing. He mentioned the
LA thing. He and his friends sometimes go 'war driving', and they'll have
several cars talking to each other.

Why? Because they can! These are the people who will come up with bizarre
and outrageous new ways to use internet communication in ways we've never
dreamed of. They are the future, and it will be here tomorrow. Hell, I've
still got a 10" open reel tape deck, and think CDs are a miracle!

On Sun, 2 May 2004 16:35:56 -0400, John Gaquin wrote:

Why? Because they can!

this makes it legal? no, I don't say that wardriving is illegal.
but finding a open network and _then_ (mis-)using it is another thing.

what about walking down the block and checking every front door? what will
you do if you find a door open? well ...

These are the people who will come up with bizarre
and outrageous new ways to use internet communication in ways we've never
dreamed of.

what else but porn?


#m

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"Martin Hotze" wrote in message

On Sun, 2 May 2004 16:35:56 -0400, John Gaquin wrote:

this makes it legal? no, I don't say that wardriving is illegal.
but finding a open network and _then_ (mis-)using it is another thing.

What other thing, precisely?

what about walking down the block and checking every front door? what will
you do if you find a door open? well ...

What are you talking about?


These are the people who will come up with bizarre
and outrageous new ways to use internet communication in ways we've never
dreamed of.

what else but porn?

Excuse me?

"Martin Hotze" wrote in message
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On Sun, 2 May 2004 16:35:56 -0400, John Gaquin wrote:

Why? Because they can!

this makes it legal? no, I don't say that wardriving is illegal.
but finding a open network and _then_ (mis-)using it is another thing.

No. It's not.



what about walking down the block and checking every front door? what will
you do if you find a door open? well ...

What?



These are the people who will come up with bizarre
and outrageous new ways to use internet communication in ways we've never
dreamed of.

what else but porn?

What?

"John Gaquin" wrote in message
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Why? Because they can! These are the people who will come up with
bizarre
and outrageous new ways to use internet communication in ways we've never
dreamed of. They are the future, and it will be here tomorrow. Hell,
I've
still got a 10" open reel tape deck, and think CDs are a miracle!

As a network provider geek I can see some very good reasons for "war
driving" or "war flying." If you identify an unprotected network, you can
inform the owner or administrator of the network that he's unprotected.

Our tech support folks have dealt with DSL outage issues where it turns out
the caller never even installed his DSL modem. He said he had a WiFi card
in his laptop, fired it up and it worked for weeks, so he didn't think he
needed the modem. Turns out he was inadvertently hijacking his neighbor's
DSL or cable connection. If you're the kind of guy that makes $125/hr
doing WiFi network security, or even not, you can do somebody a favor by
letting them know that there network is entirely vulnerable to anybody
driving (or even flying) by.

-c