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I could imagine that in redneck country.

I always call mine something rude. It seems to effectively stop people trying to connect to it. Security by lack of obscurity.

Currently it's iloveanal

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I always feel warm and fuzzy inside when my laptop tells me that I am connected to ( . Y . )

I vaguely recall a recent reference about a guy offering to help his girlfriend get reconnected when their WiFi died and saw the SID "I can hear you when you have sex"...

There's a WiFi in my neighborhood called "It's us you hear having sex".

Maybe I should name mine "I can hear you having sex" in response.

Mine was given a random name by my ISP, which consisted of the name of the ISP followed by a random string of three characters (it's a small ISP).

I was amused to get the piece of paper with my router telling me the SSID was "OriginBroadband_hax". I never did change it!

For giggles, I call mine "Free Internet."

There is an ISP in France called Free (http://free.fr).

Naturally, there are a bunch of Wifi access points called Free Wifi to confuse visiting Anglophones.

:). Stay tuned for our followup report on worldwide sentiment towards anal versus vaginal intercourse.

I've noticed lots of SSIDs designed to scare people away. "NSA", "Viruses", "SpyNet", etc.

Nice. I went with, "<TOWN NAME> FREE WIRELESS...NOT".

People near me who do this usually get deauth attacked until they change their SSID.

If you want to act like an inconsiderate 14 year old with your wifi, so will I!

Why exactly are you so offended by the name someone else picks for their network?

GP specifically said that they're doing this to be rude. I'm offended by it because that was the intent.

But how do you know the intent of the other people around you? Maybe they're just making a joke. I think iloveanal sounds kind of funny. Do you ask them before conducting your deauth attack?

I'm the GP. I live in London, UK. I know literally noone who wouldn't think it's funny round here.

People have a right to free speech, which neatly supports people having a right to be offended too but cannot do diddly to prevent saying it :)

As for being deauth attacked, I'll unwind the ethernet cable from the back of my router and wham it in my laptop and sip pure unpolluted internets.

They are broadcasting it to all of their neighbors. In our apartment building, I see about 30 WiFi networks.

If somebody had a "fuck you" bumper sticker, would you smash their taillight? Even if you're a technically sophisticated asshole, you're still an asshole...

Fine I'll reply to myself here.

I'm talking specifically about people who name their networks things like "Anal Creampie Snowball" or "Gaping Asshole".

I'm not saying what you're doing should be /illegal/ just that you're being a gigantic prick by doing it, and that you're inviting me to be a gigantic prick back to you.

Sounds like you might have a few personal issues. Visit iCouch.me to connect with a therapist.

Personal issues? Do you think that broadcasting stuff meant to be as offensive as possible is impolite?

Getting offended at such a intense level over something that has no appreciable consequence is definitely an issue. It isn't like wifi network names are spray painted on the side of your house.

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