Ah the humble service set identifier! It seems to have grown from a simple way for access points to identify themselves to potential clients to a little public bulletin board for airing one’s grievances toward noisy neighbors or showcasing one’s wit.
What notable SSIDs have you run into out in the wild or created yourself?
- “Come naked and bring beer”
- “Crack Cave”
- “$name, 2. floor, 23, single”
Mine is “We don’t have WiFi”, so when guests ask what ours is called, I tell them then get to watch their face go through five different stages as they look around at all my tech…
Then my wife gets to explain to people what the joke is while I giggle like a 5 year old being tickled.
Mine is Bathroom Camera #4
I live in a barrio and not sure how many people in my building can either speak or read English
I feel like that’s asking for trouble. You can explain away “FBI surveillance van” because an ounce of common sense will tell you a government agency isn’t likely to be so sloppy. But I could see a creepy Airbnb host who’s just smart enough to be dangerous doing exactly this.
Not a problem if you’re not an air bnb host and you don’t wasn’t your neighbors to be either…
