[AusNOG] OT: Police Wardriving. Where else but QLD!

[Oliver Eyre]

Let me know when you get a letter from the police saying that the Wi-Fi is
coming from inside the house.
 
Oliver

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From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net
[mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Sean K. Finn
Sent: Friday, 23 March 2012 12:43 PM
To: 'Ausnog at ausnog.net'
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] OT: Police Wardriving. Where else but QLD!



I'd suggest that they would just bolt it to many or all police vehicles and
run it passively.

 

I'd further suggest that they'd see if they could find out their IP address
through an Internet-accessible probe, and if so, record the IP, and then
contact the ISP for subscriber information to mail out information,
determine address, and to follow up with.

 

The article Mentions WEP. It would be interesting to see them either sit
outside your house and crack your WEP, determine your IP, then send you a
letter in the post, else they would have to triangulate your address or
figure out where signal was strongest and have a guess as to which house you
are in.

 

If they weren't going to do it house by house I guess they automatically
target streets or blocks where WEP points were detected, but, srsly, if this
isn't automated, it's an impossible mission.

 

I'm considering setting aside some honeypots to see If I can watch the
watchers watching me.

 

S.

 

From: Shane Short [mailto:shane at short.id.au] 
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 11:36 AM
To: Sean K. Finn
Cc: 'Ausnog at ausnog.net'
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] OT: Police Wardriving. Where else but QLD!

 

Why don't they just get google to do it for them on the next street view
run? :)

 

 

On 23/03/2012, at 7:46 AM, Sean K. Finn wrote:





http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/technology/security/police-to-cruise-streets
-for-unsecured-wifi-20120322-1vmof.html

 

"The project was
<http://qpsmedia.govspace.gov.au/2012/03/22/war-driving-project-to-help-prev
ent-identity-theft/> officially launched yesterday to coincide with National
Consumer Fraud Week.

Officers in the Hi Tech Crime Investigation Unit on wardriving missions will
drive the streets of Brisbane with a laptop computer, looking for unsecured
Wi-Fi networks.

Residents and businesses owners in targeted areas will then be mailed
information about how to effectively secure their connection.

Police will return to the area some time later to check whether residents
have taken heed of the warning.



Read more:
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/technology/security/police-to-cruise-streets
-for-unsecured-wifi-20120322-1vmof.html#ixzz1ptOph04u"

 

 

 

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