[HN Gopher] Wigle.net: All the networks, found by everyone
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       Wigle.net: All the networks, found by everyone
        
       Author : thunderbong
       Score  : 51 points
       Date   : 2024-10-07 18:59 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (wigle.net)
        
       | bubblesnort wrote:
       | linksys.
       | 
       | linksys everywhere.
        
       | toomuchtodo wrote:
       | Previous:
       | 
       |  _WiGLE: Wireless Network Mapping_ -
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33209163 - Oct 2022 (932
       | comments)
       | 
       |  _WiGLE - collected wireless hotspots around the world_ -
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29965790 - Jan 2022 (3
       | comments)
       | 
       |  _WiGLE: Huge WiFi Networks Geolocation Map_ -
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19203951 - Feb 2019 (10
       | comments)
        
       | cloudrkt wrote:
       | Are there any alternatives? The usability on this site is not
       | very user friendly imho.
        
         | brunoqc wrote:
         | Maybe https://beacondb.net/
        
           | eliaspro wrote:
           | ...and as an App to collect & contribute data, check out
           | NeoStumbler:
           | https://f-droid.org/packages/xyz.malkki.neostumbler.fdroid/
        
       | jjcm wrote:
       | Scanning through the SSID stats, looks like the top non-default
       | wifi names are:
       | 
       | 1. skynet
       | 
       | 2. pretty fly for a wifi
       | 
       | 3. FBI Surveillance Van
       | 
       | 4. virus
        
         | stevenya wrote:
         | What did you use to filter through the stats?
        
           | ryankrage77 wrote:
           | https://wigle.net/stats#ssidstats thought it disagrees with
           | OP's observations
        
         | zamadatix wrote:
         | I feel like "internet" and/or "wifi" deserve an honorable
         | mention in that they are probably defaults on something but are
         | more likely above #1 due to people setting them as the SSID
         | manually.
        
       | taylorbuley wrote:
       | Reminds me of the good ol' days of wardriving SF with 14 WRT-54Gs
       | running aircrack-ng in the back of my GTI.
       | 
       | These days our devices do the sniffing for us. Back then
       | unearthing a BSSID felt like discovery! It felt like exploration.
        
       | mindwork wrote:
       | Why there is no iOS app?
        
         | zamadatix wrote:
         | iOS, to the bane of network admins everywhere, doesn't allow
         | 3rd party apps to request permission to scan for Wi-Fi
         | networks. The closest you can get to a proper scan is
         | downloading the old AirPort utility, enabling a hidden setting
         | in Settings for the app which displays a scan button in the
         | app, and then using that.
        
       | 0x1ch wrote:
       | Recently got into this and have mapped most of my area. There's a
       | bit of insecure networks that I could hop on but it's mostly
       | noise in the sea of the internet.
       | 
       | The most interesting thing I have discoved so far is that my
       | elderly neighbors have a CPAP machine. I found out because that
       | CPAP broadcasts BLE. I didn't look much into it, but medical
       | devices shouldn't be broadcasting anything imo.
        
       | knowitnone wrote:
       | "log in to use this feature" nope
        
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