"Dude, Turn Off Your Wifi. They're On To You."
Went for a long walk last night, visiting a friend and just taking in the night. Just as I called The Wife™ to give her an update on my progress, a local telly news satellite truck passed me . . . on a very quiet neighborhood back street. Odd enough to mention to The Wife™.
She, of course, tunes in. Sure enough, it turns out my friend lives right in the thick of an FBI investigation. According to the story, patrons at two local eateries taking advantage of the shops' wifi connections (a donut/coffee shop and a bagel/coffee shop) picked up a local wifi network with the name "CopKillerObamaMustDie". Disturbing enough to contact the authorities, I would say.
Here's two bits of weird.
First, the telly news' web site has zero on this story, which was the top story last night. General Google searches revealed also zero love. (The Wife™ did not think it wise to google the network name, but what the hell. Live dangerously and all that.) An ongoing story and no searchable information? Interesting. Oh, and the network name they listed had been changed to something the newsies didn't feel appropriate to broadcast, apparently the modified name of the bagel place converted into a Jewish slur.
Second, I used to live in the neighborhood before marrying and moving. (I'm still less than a mile from the two shops.) About 15 years ago, I saw two dudes at the gas station pay phone about two minutes from the donut/bagel corner. Two dudes at a pay phone is nothing news worthy, of course. Two dudes with tattoos, nothing special either. But two dudes, one with "White Power" tatted on his shoulder and the other sporting a swastika on his neck . . . less than a mile from four different Jewish Temples . . . that I found jarring. A bit out of place, these two.
Just a few yards from the pay phone was a bus stop. Maybe they had just come from downtown and were looking for the address of their buddy, one who roughly fifteen years later got himself a wifi connection?
Whatever the facts any investigation will reveal, I just left a message with my friend with the subject line above. Y'know, just in case he does use his wifi. I never have checked. (He just called. He claims to know nothing about it. Yeah, right.)
She, of course, tunes in. Sure enough, it turns out my friend lives right in the thick of an FBI investigation. According to the story, patrons at two local eateries taking advantage of the shops' wifi connections (a donut/coffee shop and a bagel/coffee shop) picked up a local wifi network with the name "CopKillerObamaMustDie". Disturbing enough to contact the authorities, I would say.
Here's two bits of weird.
First, the telly news' web site has zero on this story, which was the top story last night. General Google searches revealed also zero love. (The Wife™ did not think it wise to google the network name, but what the hell. Live dangerously and all that.) An ongoing story and no searchable information? Interesting. Oh, and the network name they listed had been changed to something the newsies didn't feel appropriate to broadcast, apparently the modified name of the bagel place converted into a Jewish slur.
Second, I used to live in the neighborhood before marrying and moving. (I'm still less than a mile from the two shops.) About 15 years ago, I saw two dudes at the gas station pay phone about two minutes from the donut/bagel corner. Two dudes at a pay phone is nothing news worthy, of course. Two dudes with tattoos, nothing special either. But two dudes, one with "White Power" tatted on his shoulder and the other sporting a swastika on his neck . . . less than a mile from four different Jewish Temples . . . that I found jarring. A bit out of place, these two.
Just a few yards from the pay phone was a bus stop. Maybe they had just come from downtown and were looking for the address of their buddy, one who roughly fifteen years later got himself a wifi connection?
Whatever the facts any investigation will reveal, I just left a message with my friend with the subject line above. Y'know, just in case he does use his wifi. I never have checked. (He just called. He claims to know nothing about it. Yeah, right.)