Posted on 01/30/2014 10:32:39 AM PST by cleghornboy
It would appear that the NSA is using vans to engage in surveillance against private citizens. As explained here:
October 20, 2013 in Technology by Betsy
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“NSA Surveillance Network #1492″ Appears on Wireless Networks
During California Internet Outage
"Saturday night, around 8:30 Pacific Standard Time, Time/Warner Cable was knocked out in 3/4 of the state of California according to Cox Cable in San Diego. Before I called Cox Cable to confirm there was an outage, I checked my Macintosh’s laptop’s wireless network to see who else in the area was affected. To my surprise almost everyone (except for a few possible satellite dish Network routers and a few cell phones) had no signal, but amongst the names of devices was to my shock, “NSA Surveillance Network #1492.”
My first thought was that it was annoying that the NSA were beaming a signal from somewhere treating everyone like they were a criminal and violating our 4th Amendment right to not be searched without a warrant, but then I asked myself where is the NSA broadcasting their signal? Was it coming from a satellite, a van, a broadcast tower, or maybe even a drone?
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Next, I had to wonder, “Was this something besides a normal outage or equipment failure or was it a test of the Internet Kill Switch?” Under the Department of Homeland Security’s “Emergency Wireless Protocols,” (Standard Operating Procedure 303 or “SOP 303), the federal agency claims the power to shut down all communications, including the Internet, in the event of a national crisis...
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People name their wifi routers and cell phone hotspots crap like that all the time. I could name my wifi router “Super Secret NSA Division 1 Watching Your Every Move” and someone would probably think that it’s really the NSA outside there house.
I think somebody’s neighbor has put a spoof name on their home Wi-Fi network.
There’s a wifi hotspot on the way through a small southern town that’s named ‘FBI Van’.
LOL.
Your neighbors are futzing with you.
And, did you go knock on their door of their van and ask them their business? As public servants, they should be able to articulate the reason for thier presence.
My next door neighbor’s WIFI broadcasts “PotNet”......
Ignorance and paranoia are best friends. One of my neighbors has his router named FBIhomesurveillance. Mine is Muggles so the Ministry of Magic will leave us alone.
Funniest one i have seen is Pretty Fly For a Wifi
I found “Virus Distribution Central” works for me...
My neighbor doesn’t control Site Meter. And the feds have been monitoring my Blog.
It would keep a few from trying to glom onto your wifi.
The feds don’t need a van to monitor a blog.
If you see this van a’ sloggin’
Don’t come a’ bloggin’
I feel better reading these responses!
Bwaahaaa! Somebody new falls for the gag! I just got a new WiFi router and I’ve been thinking of a kewl name for the network.
I’ve named mine
“Unavailable”
It’s secured anyway but it gets the point across.
Alien from other planet references are good too
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