DaMaGeINC
The Lan Man
Premium
join:2002-06-08
Greenville, SC
clubs: | reply to DownTheShore
Re: [Poll]Are there many open WiFi signals in your area?
Ya, I hacked him just to prove a point. I changed the name to "then using a better form of security" He changed it back to no stealing and kept the same wep enc. |
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DownTheShore
Maddie Knows Poopie
Premium
join:2003-12-02
Beautiful NJ
clubs: | reply to DaMaGeINC
I like "No Stealing" using WEP - lol.  |
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DaMaGeINC
The Lan Man
Premium
join:2002-06-08
Greenville, SC
clubs:
 ·Charter Pipeline
 ·AT&T Southeast
| reply to haroldo
airodump |
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Nerdtalker
Working Hard, Or Hardly Working?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-02-18
Tucson, AZ
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They were unprotected, then... er... someone changed the SSIDs to funny/ironic things like "I'M NOT GOOD WITH COMPUTERS OH SHI-" or "THIS SHOULDNT BE HERE WHAT TH-" or other such names. Then, about a week passed, they all went down and came back up with WPA2. Only one remains with WEP.
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habya
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join:2003-05-29
Huntsville, AL
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There is now 1 here that is unprotected. It was two, but I noticed it was my neighbor's (used their name), so I went and helped them turn on WPA random pass; they're elderly so had no idea what all that was, they just hooked up the router and connected to it....
The other, not sure who it belongs to. Haven't tried going down the street to look for unprotected yet. That's just what I can detect from my house/yard.
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PeteC2
Got Mouse?
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join:2002-01-20
Bristol, CT
clubs:
·AT&T Yahoo
| reply to haroldo
Most are protected in my area, though it varies from time to time, as in an apartment complex folks come and go.
As with nwrickert, a few short years ago it would have been the opposite answer, most sites were not protected.
Most here are 11g WPA protected.
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haroldo
join:2004-01-16
united state | reply to Link Logger
...thus the survey |
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Link Logger
Premium,MVM
join:2001-03-29
Calgary, AB
·Shaw
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Wifi security and awareness has come a long way in the last couple of years where most access points seemed to be open to now where most access points are security or at least reasonably security.
Blake
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mudturtle74
join:2007-06-29
Killen, AL | reply to haroldo
Voted "No other signals near my home" since I am in a rural area. But, I will be expecting some soon, since the local WISP is expanding in my area. |
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DownTheShore
Maddie Knows Poopie
Premium
join:2003-12-02
Beautiful NJ
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InSSIDer view:
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Thane_Bitter
join:2005-01-20
London, ON
·Bell Sympatico
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No, the first one was stuff I could easily pick up in the house, the second one was I had access to a very good directional antenna. Not sure why by the house seems rather transparent to WiFi, when I had equipment that supported WEP only I removed the antenna as to reduce its range to the neighbours, most people are trying to increase signal, I was trying to do the opposite.
Correct, InSSIDer does provide encryption data in addition to some neat graphs (channel graph especially), though at the moment I still feel that they compliment each others features. |
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antdude
A Ninja Ant
Premium,VIP
join:2001-03-25
1 edit | reply to Thane_Bitter
said by Thane_Bitter  :(NS reports any encryption as WEP, although it could be WPE, WPA or WPA2. Offensive names & MAC removed)Too many, just check out these scans via NetStumbler. No security, default device names, and even the odd fool that use their own name as SSID markers.  Wow, are you in an apartment or something?
For me, only saw one unencrypted one as of a few weeks ago. I remember when half of them were opened a few years ago. I guess people noticed. 
I think InSSIDer can see the differences of encryptions (WPA, EPA, etc.): »www.metageek.net/products/inssider ... |
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Thane_Bitter
join:2005-01-20
London, ON
·Bell Sympatico
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bad | 
even worse |
Too many, just check out these scans via NetStumbler. No security, default device names, and even the odd fool that use their own name as SSID markers. |
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SoonerAl
Old Enough To Know Better
Premium,MVM
join:2002-07-23
Norman, OK
1 edit | reply to haroldo
6 of the 8 visible networks are secured in my immediate neighborhood as seen from my Ubuntu laptop. Of course I control two of the eight...
The blacked out SSID was quite vulgar FWIW...
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tmr250z
join:2009-02-25 | reply to haroldo
Three 2WIRE's around me, all protected by WPA, while I'm the lone router protected by WPA2. |
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DownTheShore
Maddie Knows Poopie
Premium
join:2003-12-02
Beautiful NJ
clubs: | reply to haroldo
2 unprotected out of 13.
5 still using WEP. |
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csiemers
join:2000-09-16
Portland, OR | reply to haroldo
I have 2 that turn up, one protected, the other not. |
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JohnInSJ
Premium
join:2003-09-22
San Jose, CA | reply to haroldo
thanks, I voted (all) |
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zach3
Zach
Premium
join:2000-05-04
Saint Louis, MO
clubs: | reply to haroldo
I am somewhat surprised but all 3 of the ones I can see are protected. One is corporate and 2 are single family signals.
Zach |
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haroldo
join:2004-01-16
united state
·Comcast
| reply to JohnInSJ
said by JohnInSJ :no, ALL are protected (missing choice, poll fail) edited (choice added, poll pass) |
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