Synthead@lemmy.world kindly commented that wifi network names of you and your neighbour can be used to locate your address, so please be aware to avoid betraying your privacy. Peace!

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[–] 128 points 2 years ago (1 child)

My 5gHz is “Hot Signals in Your Area.” My 2.4gHz is “Mediocre Signals in Your Area.”

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  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    But technically the signal strength of 2.4 goes farther than 5, so this one hurts my brain. Perhaps because when I think mediocre signals... I think mediocre signal strength. 🤷🏽‍♀️

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  • [–] 106 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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    [–] 98 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    This is my main Network name.

    It confuses the hell out of Macs and some Linux stuff refuses to connect.

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    [–] 88 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Saw a 5Ghz one called “COVID Vaccine”

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    [–] 77 points 2 years ago

    Mines been named “WiFiArtThouRomeo” for, like, 20 years. Don’t know if it’s funny, but I think it’s cute. 

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  • [–] 72 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Mine is named Connecting... My guest network is Reconnecting...

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    [–] 72 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Our neighbors grow weed, so my brother set one up as DEA Surveillance Van.

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    [–] 61 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Had one named "FBI Surveillance Van #3". I know, not so creative even 10-years ago, but read on.

    Guy at the end of the street sold weed. He was telling my neighbor to be on the lookout, there was an FBI van cruising around. Being at the end of the street, my signal faded in and out like it was moving. Dude was freaked the fuck out.

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    [–] 61 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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    [–] 61 points 2 years ago*

    Martin Router King Jr

    Router I hardly know 'er

    5G Covid Test Tower 37692b

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    [–] 58 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Visited a CeX store.

    Their locked, employee-only Wi-Fi: Protected CeX

    Their open public WiFi: Unprotected CeX

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    [–] 56 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    RCMP SURVEILLANCE MOOSE #2091

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    [–] 54 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Mine is 'the LAN before time'

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    [–] 51 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Mine is "GetOffMyLAN". Then one of my neighbors changed theirs to "GetOffMyLan69". I'm not even mad.

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    [–] 43 points 2 years ago

    Hide your kids, hide your wi-fi.

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  • [–] 43 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    From Auntie Donna's Big 'ol House of Fun, "pretty fly for a WiFi"

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    [–] 43 points 2 years ago

    I went with "Encrypted for Your Pleasure".

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  • [–] 42 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    For a while I used “Loading…”

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    [–] 42 points 2 years ago

    TellMyWifiLoveHer

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  • [–] 41 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    One of my older ones was "WeDontHaveWifi" because people would say "what's your wifi?" and we would tell them that and sometimes they would say "ohh, ok" and not ask for the password, haha. Password, incidentally, was "whatPassword?"

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    [–] 40 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I once saw one in my apartment building called “f-u-Mike” and I’ve always wondered which Mike in the building the owner was mad at and why

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    [–] 37 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The geology dorm at my university had one called "geology rocks", always made me chuckle.

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    [–] 36 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I work for an ISP. I got you fam.

    • FBI VAN, FBI Surveillance Van, etc...
    • Pretty Fly For A Wi-Fi
    • Hidden Network
    • Get Your Own
    • No Internet Access
    • Net Schwifty
    • ITwimdy
    • Yell Fuck For Password
    • IP Freely
    • My WiFi Left Me
    • SS IDmedes
    • Deez Nutzwork

    I can't think of more right now, but I see many every work week.

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    "CovidVaccineActivation5G"

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  • [–] 32 points 2 years ago (4 children)
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    [–] 30 points 2 years ago

    My sister had me name the wi-fi extender as "Papa John's Pizza and Abortions". My mother's side of the family is Catholic. We're still waiting for one of them to notice it

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  • [–] 29 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    NotaHoneyPot

    On an unsecured, password free hotspot.

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  • [–] 28 points 2 years ago

    ███████ Scratch off for password

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago

    "All my neighbours are cunts"

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Mine is Trogdor.

    I should make the password consummate v's.

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    [–] 25 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I once saw "Mom, use this one" and I giggled.

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    [–] 25 points 2 years ago

    Panic at the Cisco is up there for me.

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago

    ThouShaltNotCovetThyNeighborsWiFi

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I use "Router? I hardly know her!" for my 5Ghz, "Tell Your Wifi Say Hi!" for my 2.4Ghz

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    [–] 22 points 2 years ago*

    Been using WuTangLan for quite awhile. When I started splitting 5ghz and 2.4, we added MyWiFiFu.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago

    I've been using Ermagherd Hertspert for years. Still makes me chuckle once in a while.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    "404 Network Unavailable" and "FBI Surveillance Van #273"

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    [–] 22 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Heads up that there are ways to look up locations for access point ESSIDs. You can basically narrow it down to an address. If you share a neighbor's ESSID also, it greatly helps ensure that they have the right address.

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    [–] 20 points 2 years ago

    "SECURE YOUR NETWORK DIPASS"

    This was back in the days when routers defaulted to no encryption with a stock password for the UI. Also I was the one who changed random people's SSID to that when I found an unsecured network.

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