My wireless network is named after my cities police department.
OH MY GOD!!! I HAVE NSA, CIA AND FBI UNITS IN MY LOCAL AREA WI FI NETWORKS, TOO!! I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST ME!! I THINK THEY’RE SPYING ON ALL THE FREEPERS!!! MY KIDS THINK I’M NUTS BUT YOU JUST GAVE ME MORE PROOF!!!MY PHONE CLICKS ALL THE TIME TOO!!! PUT YOUR COMPUTER BY YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN AND HEAT TOMATO SAUCE WHEN YOU’RE POSTING - THE MICROWAVES AND ACID PREVENT THEM READING YOUR STUFF!!!
It’s a joke. You can name your network anything that you want. Our apartment complex has ‘BrazziersHomeOffice’ ‘BrazziersIntern’ ‘PayForYourOwnInternetFreeloader’ and ‘PrettyFlyForAWIFI’.
Mine is “MAGA”.
I’m sure this is somebody’s idea of fun.
But don’t worry, just by being on FR you’re at the top of Hillary’s list for detention.
The last thing the NSA would name their mobile scanning team’s routers would be anything like “NSA mobile surveillance unit 981”. You’d more likely see something like “Comcast Router #BCD789” or “Verizon Cellular Device 95639765” than that.
What you are seeing is some teenage kid’s warped sense of humor.
People do the same with the FBI.
Think, you could do it with the INS, IRS, BATF, etc., etc.
I’m thinking about doing the same thing, just for fun.
Johnny: [after hearing the sirens] It's the phone cops. They know what I did here today.
Venus: What are you talking about?
Johnny: They're coming to get me, man!
Venus: That's paranoia, man!
Johnny: Wake up, sucker, this is the phone company we're talking about! They see everything, they know everything, they got their own covert police force! I'm probably wired for sound right now! I gotta get out of here!
Venus: Johnny!
Johnny: Don't use my name!!
I’ve concluded that you’re all crazy. Can’t stop laughing—great job!
I labeled ours DEA task force mobil unit.
Actually, it does happen that official surveillance vehicles have Wi-Fi which broadcast their actual official unit designations. The specialized vehicles are often set up by contractors for the agencies that purchase them, and, apparently, changing the WiFi title is overlooked.
I know this because I picked up the Wi-Fi from own department’s super secret mobile spy truck ......my cellphone posts available networks on the screen. There it was: ‘**** ***** ****** department surveillance unit’ I looked around the parking lot...and there IT was!!!!
Which reminds me...I maybe ought tell the commander??
Upshot: possible.
That is your need wannabe neighbor kid
981 is a category code used by the agency.
9 = FISA warrant pending
8 = Known to lolly-gag
1 = Shoot on sight
Run out of tinfoil?
Mine is called ‘Homeland Security”. “FBI Surveillance Van” is used quite a bit.
A local gym was evacuated when my daughter showed up to work out. The cops bomb squad unit was there because the manager phoned in a panic call. Later on we heard someone’s network device had been named “wireless detenator” I guess someone took it serious.
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!