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MineralMan

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24. You can name your network anthing

Reply to moondust (Original post)

Sat Mar 30, 2013, 07:52 PM

Mar 2013

you want. One of mine is named Free wifi for all. Nothing is connected to it except the router. Real estate people stop in front of my house and use it.

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WiFi gurus: What is this? [View all] moondust Mar 2013 OP

Someone close by named their network FBI surveillance as a prank. JaneyVee Mar 2013 #1

Seems to be a fad. I've heard a few people running into this lately. Dark n Stormy Knight Mar 2013 #8

Hee. Posteritatis Mar 2013 #2

Walking down NYC streets scanning for WiFi is hilarious. People name their networks bizarre things. JaneyVee Mar 2013 #5

My favorite is... NutmegYankee Mar 2013 #33

Someone using a snarky name for their router JHB Mar 2013 #3

One of your neighbors named their network connection "FBI Surveillance"... demmiblue Mar 2013 #4

Must be somebody new in the neighborhood. moondust Mar 2013 #7

That is hilarious... TeeYiYi Mar 2013 #6

Are you kidding? Control-Z Mar 2013 #14

I am NOT kidding... TeeYiYi Mar 2013 #23

I did it. ..nt TeeYiYi Mar 2013 #25

I would love to be a fly on their wall Control-Z Mar 2013 #29

Is there a name that they assigned to the meth task force or something? LiberalFighter Mar 2013 #19

Go, Go, Go, you KNOW you can't resist! DO IT! idwiyo Mar 2013 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author phylny Mar 2013 #9

Hehehe. Control-Z Mar 2013 #10

A sense of humor. Brickbat Mar 2013 #11

Be careful! There's a lot of obvious FBI agents here on DU telling you petronius Mar 2013 #12

From 2011... PoliticAverse Mar 2013 #13

I got a nice chuckle out of Aerows Mar 2013 #28

Next up ...someone names theirs Al-Qaeda. n/t L0oniX Mar 2013 #15

Friends of Hamas Mnpaul Mar 2013 #21

I named mine "Virginia State Police 9" just to screw around with people. Buns_of_Fire Mar 2013 #16

There are people that would believe it. LiberalFighter Mar 2013 #18

Homeland Security? LiberalFighter Mar 2013 #17

All of the above? moondust Mar 2013 #20

Call These People. They May Know. Yavin4 Mar 2013 #22

You can name your network anthing MineralMan Mar 2013 #24

I've been travelling lately, and I ran into "FBI Surveillance Van" the other day. MADem Mar 2013 #26

To do: rename wireless network "Agent Mike" n/t IDemo Mar 2013 #27

it is what someone named their network notadmblnd Mar 2013 #30

Oh jeez. You're screwn... SidDithers Mar 2013 #31