Comments on: Is Wifi War Driving Unethical/Illegal?

By: Dash

Dash — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:01:19 +0000

and next time I will check the dates on the messages XD sorry to resurrect a dead thread…

By: Dash

Dash — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:59:37 +0000

I would say that the act of wardriving is not unethical, illegal or immoral- it is the simple act of seeking information akin to surfing the web.

It is the actions you perform with the information you have obtained that determine what it is.

That said, let’s give a hypothetical situation:

You are traveling from BFE to Somewhere, but you stop in Next to Nowhere. Bored and waiting for your squirrels to be fed, you cruise around looking for someplace that has internet access. You find with wardriving: Community library, Charbucks, McD’s, several of the community local cafe places that might be viable for a meal.

All with open, some pay as you go, internet. Was wardriving a bad thing? Or should you get out at each and every location and check the sticker on the door or go ask if they have wifi (assuming you are not shy)?

Just my 3.1415926535 cents of input.

By: Holsten

Holsten — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 02:46:59 +0000

well that will save a hacker 15 or 20 mins it WOULD have taken him to hack your network

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 02:17:04 +0000

Hi all!

I recently installed a Netgear WGR614 wifi router to my SmartBro connection. I haven’t been able to turn on the network security parameters as I configured it manually bypassing the ususal CD-based set up process (the CD wasn’t working).

I’ve tried getting online resources from Netgear but have been unsuccessful in getting relevant info.

Can anybody enlighten me? Appreciate the help.

Rgds
Jim

By: teh

teh — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:27:49 +0000

I bought a linksys wrt54g, flashed it with a 3rd party firmware, and now I use it as a powerful wireless adapter. I can connect to networks that a wifi card wont even detect. It’s fast too. DD-WRT is nice!

By: Pete

Pete — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 16:26:50 +0000

I think that if there is no WEP or any sort of protection then it is the owners falt that someone is useing it, but just as long as they don’t do anything Black hatish.

-Pete

By: bob

bob — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 21:47:38 +0000

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thanks!

By: mirandasoft

mirandasoft — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 08:25:58 +0000

Wardriving…

While Living in Seattle, WA USA (AKA CyberCity), wardriving seemed to be Obsolete, for these reasons:

1) Many Places have Free Wi-Fi Hotspots
2) Many People are securing their Wi-Fi Networks

Here in the Philippines, Robinson’s Galleria has so-called Free Wi-Fi access, however, the past few times I tried to use it, it was down. I just told my wife, it seems someone’s infected Windows disrupted the DHCP server of the free wireless service.

I access Wi-Fi using my Apple iBook G4, Nokia 770 Linux-based Internet Terminal, and my Palm TX.

Since the cost of Internet here in Philippines is more expensive than it is in the USA, *most* people will secure their Wi-Fi network with either WEP or WPA.

In Wardriving, an Open Wi-Fi network is symbolized by ‘O’. Most Wardrivers will skip a secured Wi-Fi network. I’ve searched for Open Wi-Fi networks in Metro Manila area, and have little results.

A disadvantage to wardriving… Your computer hardware is Sniffable! That means, other people can detect your computer and capture ALL data to & from your computer.

By: richard@work » I told you so…

richard@work » I told you so… — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 09:49:58 +0000

[...] In a post in Pinoy.Tech.Blog about Wifi Wardriving, there was a dilemna whether it is legal. And if it is, whether it is ethical. Tracking back into this old post/thread, I would again reiterate my position regarding this issue. We can’t even ask whether it is ethical because the very essence of wardiving is pattently illegal, and hence, unethical too. [...]

By: ppdolina

ppdolina — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 02:56:20 +0000

i think it’s unethical as buying pirated software but without the legistlation to punish those who pilfer open WAPs without the admin’s permission it isnt explicitly illegal.

that’s what we get by having legistlators who arent that well read.