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Title: Free WiFi - Is It A Trap?
Source: [None]
URL Source: https://engforum.pravda.ru/index.ph ... 285135-free-wifi-is-it-a-trap/
Published: Nov 25, 2018
Author: Started by Zharkov,
Post Date: 2018-11-25 23:52:47 by Tatarewicz
Keywords: None
Views: 453
Comments: 3

PMF...

Your new neighbor has an unencrypted WiFi signal with no log-in showing on your drop down list of local internet WiFi providers. Did she forget to turn on encryption or is she just technically retarded to figure it out? She could be ignorant of how to turn on encryption, but it may be something else.

1 Is this open WiFi signal a "honey pot" to grab credit card data?

2. Maybe it is a police sting to catch data theft?

3. Is it a counter-intelligence operation to monitor internet activity of a suspected intel agent?

4. Are you under official observation and WiFi is bait to get something on you?

The tactics used in foreign countries to monitor suspected intelligence operations are now routine in Western countries. It's always a good idea to never use your real name or address when online unless you KNOW FOR CERTAIN the encryption is turned on and even then, you may have government monitoring every keystroke anyway.

One possible indication that the open WiFi invitation is government-supplied is that the WiFi identification will have some name attached, like "John's Imac" or "Mary's MacBook" to give it the appearance of being a casual mistake or simple-minded WiFi user. They want you to think it is a sloppy user and you're lucky to find a free WiFi internet connection at someone else's expense.

At the very least, they could arrest you for data theft, or theft of IP services, if it happens to be the FBI or police who set up the open WiFi connection. At worst, they could be looking for a spy using what he thinks is someone else's WiFi to transfer classified information.

If the open WiFi stays that way despite you using many megabytes of data or even gigabytes, without ever being encrypted, that is another red flag that it may be a covert bait trap and government operation.

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#1. To: Tatarewicz (#0)

There is encryption, and there is password access.

They are two different things.

A connection could be encrypted, but without a password.

Having a password without encryption would be naive as anyone monitoring the wi-fi would see it, but could be possible.

But if it's a free wi-fi with encryption, it could still be the gov monitoring you as speculated above. All the encryption would do is make the wi-fi signal encrypted. If the router is decrypting it, then the monitoring could be done by ignoring the wi-fi and tapping into the traffic going from the router to the internet.

Unless of course, that has another level of encryption on it, such as if you are visiting a web site that is encrypted with https. In that case both the wi-fi traffic and your web traffic to & from that site are both encrypted. And all the KGB guys will know is what site you are visiting, not what data is actually being sent and received.

Pinguinite  posted on  2018-11-26   0:09:36 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Pinguinite (#1)

Thanks for the layman's explanation of wi-fi basics.

What is the difference in cellphone communication signals and those for computer wi-fi communication?

“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken

Lod  posted on  2018-11-26   8:30:47 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Lod (#2)

What is the difference in cellphone communication signals and those for computer wi-fi communication?

Not too sure about that, but certainly cell phone frequencies are selected for their ability to travel much farther than wi-fi signals. We really don't even want wi-fi signals to go as far as cell phone signals. Otherwise when you'd go to connect to a wi-fi signals, you'd get a list of all routers within maybe 2 miles of your house to connect to. Since the range is more limited, you only get to see the dozen or so on your street.

So Cell phone signals are probably higher frequency than wi-fi signals.

Of course the amount of power behind the signal affects it's range too.

Pinguinite  posted on  2018-11-26   9:47:47 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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