The rise of passive-aggressive wi-fi names

There's a trade-in electronics chain in the UK called CeX, and their WiFi hotspots are open and named 'Unprotected CeX' by default which I always found amusing.

It would be great if everyone just put their phone number as the SSID.<p>Phone numbers are unique and let others contact you if they want to use your wifi for some reason. Would probably help neighbors get hold of each other in emergencies as well.

Does anyone else think that using the term "passive-agressive" is somewhat ... passive-agressive?

My favorite one in my neighborhood is "Hide Yo Kids Hide Yo WiFi"

Not linking back to the Reddit post (as far as I can see). This seems to be a bit of a trend recently. :)

I have two networks, a private one and a public one. The public one has no password, and the SSID is "My Address Guest". I've received thank-you notes. If overuse gets to be an issue, I'll throttle the public side, but it hasn't been so far.

Surprised the 'FBI Van' one wasn't mentioned as I've seen that more than a few times in the wild and posted around the internet.

I've recently run across a handful of political messages in prominent locations. Taking the train from Tampere to Turku, Finland, for example, someone on the train was broadcasting a really long SSID that translates roughly to "Support tram construction in Tampere and Turku!"

"FBI Surveillance van" wasn't directly mentioned, but it does partially appear in one of the photos.

No 'Free Public Wifi' ?<p>Awesome windows virusy-thing that was...

I've been using "just sit down and have a nice cup of tea" for some time. I use hyphens in the actual name. Alas, my neighbours still have SKY-some-large-number or the BT equivalent. They all do have wpa2 turned on however.<p><a href="http://www.poetrylibrary.org.uk/exhibitions/current/?id=50" rel="nofollow">http://www.poetrylibrary.org.uk/exhibitions/current/?id=50</a><p>I think goto10 have automated the id string thing. I saw something like this in Birmingham some months ago, goto10 did a residence then.

Quick hypothetical scenario.<p>If I were to open a free wifi network and let anybody use it, say call it: "Free Internet!" and many people used it.<p>Could I intercept those users personal information suck as Facebook usernames, passwords, emails, etc?<p>How deep would me penetration go? Or will I only be able to intercept packets?<p>I always tell my wife to not use online banking etc when she visits a cafe with free internet, but it's just a hunch - not based on my actual knowledge on the matter. That's why I'm asking. Thanks!

Paper always works.<p><a href="http://static-mb.minutebuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/chers-voisins-1.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://static-mb.minutebuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/c...</a>

Am i the only one who doesn't broadcast their SSID?

A couple of years ago visible form my student house were "227 epic house" and "229 even more epic house".

My favorite are the ones that leave you wondering what's going on where, such as "Make Out Party".

Does it make me a bad person if I find some of these really funny and creative?

Ultimate passive agressive one would be "I'm not mad, just disappointed".

One in my apartment building is: "Inside Bristol Palin's Uterus".

my wireless SSID has been 1337haxz0r for the last 6 years. Nobody has attempted to break in, I hope to confuse people who don't use 1337 speak or scare off people that do...

this really isnt news I mean back when everyone left thier routers open be default alot of the network names where even more aggressive its funny they know howto change the sisd but not the damn password or encryption type lol

I stick to "Honeypot".