Never show all your cards

RichP said:
I did, errr know someone who renamed some files that involved some deep throating and inserted them in someones power point presentation, they were 9 states away and never got back into my network so I don't now how it panned out.
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Could you gain remote access of his pc?
 
Gerr said:
while everyone is talking about all this hi tec stuff I have a neighbor barrowing band with from the wireless router we use for my wifes computer. while I didnt mind at first now they are tieng up our connection. anything I can do to end thier freeloading and keep the wireless?
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Sure - WEP or PSK will kick them off. You can use PSK encryption - and you just give the key to people who you are going to allow on your network (family and such.)

I've got three or four 802.11 profiles on my machine - depends on who I'm visiting. In my family, we share house keys and now network keys. Just tell your machine where you are, and it will link up with the rest.

Meanwhile, if you don't have the key, you're SOL. You'll be able to see the network, but you won't be able to sign on easily.
 
before you kick them off, check out the files on their computer

nothing like finding your neighbors in compromising positions...
 
jeeperjohn said:
Especially good if they are hot college chicks! ;)
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Or if you've been taking pictures of them through their windows you could post some on their hard drive, just to let them know you're interested :D


I remember years ago - I mean, like years ago - some TV news correspondent walking down a residential street with a 12yo kid and his laptop, watching the kid latch onto unprotected wireless home networks all up and down the street. If the owner of a home wireless network had a subscription to an 'interesting' website, the kid could book right on in, posing as the owner.
 
XJ Dreamin' said:
Or if you've been taking pictures of them through their windows you could post some on their hard drive, just to let them know you're interested :D


I remember years ago - I mean, like years ago - some TV news correspondent walking down a residential street with a 12yo kid and his laptop, watching the kid latch onto unprotected wireless home networks all up and down the street. If the owner of a home wireless network had a subscription to an 'interesting' website, the kid could book right on in, posing as the owner.
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And um, how exactly is that done [taking out pencil and notebook].
 
jeeperjohn said:
And um, how exactly is that done [taking out pencil and notebook].
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Hell, I don't know! It was on the evening news. I can't even be sure it was true. That's just what the kid said, and between the kid, the correspondent, and the camera man I got the impression the kid was the smartest one there.
 
jeeperjohn said:
And um, how exactly is that done [taking out pencil and notebook].
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Pretty darned easily. Just to connect to an unsecured network its easy anyway. All you need is a computer thats set up for wireless networking and you just use the same software you normally use to control the wireless adapter. Tell it to look for networks and then connect to any that are not using any encryption.
 
It's marginally more interesting to grab subscription info to the interesting websites. Left as an exercise for the student.

When I was living outside of Chicago, I had one other unsecured network available from my apartment. Friends of mine up in Mt. Prospect can see no less than 6 separate unsecured 802.11[bg] networks from their kitchen.

Heck, a year ago, during a contract in the CBOT, I discovered a fully open, completely unsecured network, inside the office building.
 
ChiXJeff said:
It's marginally more interesting to grab subscription info to the interesting websites. Left as an exercise for the student.

When I was living outside of Chicago, I had one other unsecured network available from my apartment. Friends of mine up in Mt. Prospect can see no less than 6 separate unsecured 802.11[bg] networks from their kitchen.

Heck, a year ago, during a contract in the CBOT, I discovered a fully open, completely unsecured network, inside the office building.
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I count 15 right now in my building. Open and unsecured. Five secured.
 
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