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January 9, 2008

WarBARTing ()

by fluffy at 9:45 PM
So I'm on my way home via BART (online using my cellphone). After I wrote the Southwest Airlines writeup, I started to occasionally check to see how may WiFi networks were visible (manually, rather than with MacStumbler, which I haven't gotten around to installing on my MacBook). I couldn't help but notice how many people were putting messages into their SSIDs. Apparently a lot of people are trying to sell their old cars using SSID "spam."

I had no idea SSIDs were long and freeform enough to fit a phone number and a reasonable description of a used Mustang.

Comments

#10340 01/10/2008 06:01 am Brilliant
I have to give them credit, that's a pretty sweet idea. Unfortunately, wait until every wifi hotspot, hotel, restaurant, etc. that has WiFi is flooded with 80 networks advertising things.
#10341 01/10/2008 08:12 am Huh
I should try that again. When I did that two years ago, I didn't see much.