Posted on 08/11/2016 11:18:37 AM PDT by wny
I had my internet service upgraded today. The Frontier Communications tech was here to make some changes. After he was all set, while he was still here and his company truck still in my driveway, he asked my to connect to my network to see if all was well. I opened my iPad and as usual it listed a few local networks whose signal it was reading. It listed the usual few neighbors' networks that come up every time. It also listed:
"NSA mobile surveillance unit 981"
I've never seen this before, and since his truck left an hour ago, it hasn't come up,again. I took a photo, but I don't know how to post a photo...
Serious comment: always set your router SSID (network name) to something odd and quirky, don't leave it at "Linksys" or some other default. Same for the password. Bad actors have "rainbow tables" which allow them to brute-force their way into networks with common SSID-password combinations.
You must have suspected Muslim terrorists living in your neighborhood. That the en^^^ess^^^^^^AAA is getting data on ——YEAH RIGHT!
I must do this! I have a TP-Link router. The claim is that it is from China. I got the old type with no 5G. Latest version 6. It gets same wireless speeds as CAT-5 cable to me desktop
https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-Wireless-Gigabit-Router-TL-WR1043N/dp/B002YLAUU8
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