Posted on 06/23/2017 6:54:58 AM PDT by Mr. Douglas
An odd thing began happening to my wife a few weeks ago. She was trying to hook up to our home wi-fi system and there was an available network called "FBI camera". I blew it off and told her it was probably one she accidentally saved while at a starbucks or something and someone was just using a "creative name" for their hotspot. The reason I believed that is that our home is several hundred yards from the nearest neighbor, and most of them don't have computers.
Here is the weird part: I'm working from home today and when I tried to log on to my hotspot with my work computer, "FBI camera" was on the list of available networks with two bars of signal. It comes and goes.
I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but how could there be anything like that being picked up out here in the middle of nowhere? We are surrounded by about six acres of field and that is surrounded by about 100 foot thick forest all around.
Anybody have an idea?
Are you a Freeper?
Betcha someone in your area has a wifi network named fbi camera.
Could be an actual surveillence camera. But more likey, it is someone who named their system that, and is in your area.
Real surveillance cameras operating on WiFi would use a innocuous name.
Is it password protected?
I have 90 acres of woods surrounding my rural house, and I see others wifis too.
It’s a joke. Surveillance equipment doesn’t connect to a network that also allows other devices on it. Basically, IP pools, static IP and / or a combination of non-broadcast SSID is always in play.
That was my thought too, except my nearest neighbor is over 200 yards away and over a hill.
Do your neighbors have similar large properties? One of the might have a router mounted really high to get more coverage or has swapped in a higher gain antenna than the FCC allows so his whole property is covered and leaks into yours.
A daredevil, I see. You're going way out on a pretty thin limb, there...
LOL!
It is mysterious.
Why does the Fuller Brush Incorporated man need a camera or wifi?
Yes. I was Robroy, then Cuban Leaf, and now Mr. Douglas.
since 1998.
Is it password protected?
Yes it is. It’s not showing up at the moment but it was WP2 or something...
I kinda doubt the FBI would name one of thier devices FBI camera. The rats have infested the FBI yes they are evil and deluded but not dumb.
It’s a rather old joke by now.
I have two networks around me
FBI - Counterintelligence and Tell my WIFI that I love her
Mine says “Surveillance Van”. It’s a joke.
Whoa! It looks like you are under surveillance by the FBI. Consider where you travel or have traveled to. Consider friends and acquaintances you communicate with by e-mail. Consider whether a bad guy has stolen your identity. Consider the amount of classified defense information you are cleared for on the job. Consider how many people you number among your friends and live outside the US. Consider who lived in your house before you.
I saw a flower van with a lot of radio Equipment on top once.
Do your neighbors have similar large properties? One of the might have a router mounted really high to get more coverage or has swapped in a higher gain antenna than the FCC allows so his whole property is covered and leaks into yours.
Most of the folks here don’t have computers at all, but it only takes one. The only thing that was throwing me off is that I thought I could not get any of their signals here. If there is a way I could, then yeah, it’s someone using a funny name for their network.
And yeah, that was the “occam’s razor” explanation because, unless they wanted to “hide in plain sight”, the government is not gonna name their network anything like that. :)
The amplifier/repeater explanation is actually more likely.
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