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is there a way??
luckily my neighbor has wifi and i use their signal on my home pc
but sometimes with my iphone i get some locked signals i want to break through
Originally Posted by iCafe
You must have some nice neighbors that do not have security settings. There is not any program that I know of that can do that. It is also breaking the law. Can you imagine if your neighbor had that software, and he went on the network and wiped out everything on your hard drive???
To echo and amplify the above, even if it were legal and moral, there are several different security methods for WiFi which range from stupid-easy to crack to, well, forget-about-it tough. All would be impossible to perform with an unmodified iPhone; I have no idea what tools exist for a jailbreaked phone. You'd also require some knowledge on the 802.11 protocol and the various security methods, which you apparently do not posses.
If you really want to get an idea of what's involved, Google the following:
Mac address filtering
cowpatty
aircrack-ng
802.11i
That will give you a small taste.
I think this post should be deleted!
My neighbor had an unlocked wifi, and one night while having a few ****tails, I just put a sticky note on his desktop that said, you should lock your Wifi, its not safe to leave it open. he locked it the next day.
How did you do that?! That's awesome!
Their computer has to be pretty unlocked.
Go into network settings, do a search for other computers on the network, and theirs will pop up. Go through the root menu's till you hit their desktop and drag and drop. Done. You can also see all their porn, music, etc. I didnt really do any of that because it is illegal, but I thought the little note was fun. Didn't actually transfer any of his files.
OH, the stories I could tell you. I was in the wireless security biz for years.
One buddy of mine would find access points that were in their default configuration - meaning he knew the IP address and login name and password. He would change the SSID to "dumbass" and change the password so that the owner would have to reset it to defaults, hopefully configuring it so that it wouldn't happen again - and hopefully turning on some security.
I've seen too many CompUSA/Best Buy/Wal-Mart employees telling people things to the effect of, "Take it out of the box, plug it in, and you're ready!" -- yeah, ready to get your wireless/network/PC compromised.
You should also be aware that while the odds are kinda low, people HAVE been arrested for using residential wi-fi without permission. I'm just sayin'.
Yes, getting arrested has happened. I remember once reading a story that a guy got arrested for boosting wifi, but he was dumb, and drove up in front of a house and started using it. The owner looked out and saw a weirdo with a weird glow in his car and called the cops. What a moron.
Even though my computer and wifi is locked up as tight as I can make it, I still check every few days for computers on my network just to be sure. Living in L.A. with so many people living around me I trust no one. Also the reason why I wear tin foil on my head.
That case was here in Florida. As with many criminals, a failure to fire the right neurons contributed to the arrest.
What's funny is how many people claim that it's fine to use someone else's wifi without permission if they are able because "they left it open" - construing it as an invitation - but are somewhat reluctant to apply that standard towards their own car or home.
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