wireless hacker

I was dismayed to get to my hotel in Las Vegas last Wednesday and find out that wireless internet would cost me $10 a day! Thanks to a little utility on my computer, I was able to locate other connections in the area and see what was the strongest, and which were unsecured. The hotel next to mine was offering free wifi to their guests, so I simply logged into that wifi instead of paying for the one at my hotel. The signal was a bit weak, so I only used it for a day or so, but it sure beat paying daily for wifi!

6 Comments so far

  1. Brad Detchevery on November 14th, 2007

    Sweet, $10/day is crazy ! I was just watching on DL . TV about an interesting idea called fon . com. Aparantly it’s bigger in the UK right now. If it gets bigger in other places, I definitly think it be a good idea.

  2. Charity on November 16th, 2007

    That’s crazy. With so many hotels offering WiFi for free I can’t see how anyone would bother. Heck around here, the hospital offers free WiFi, Dairy Queen offers free WiFi, and of course Panera Bread. LOL

  3. Chris on November 18th, 2007

    New Jersey is so congested, you can pretty much hook up with someone’s unsecured wifi from anywhere. I have three unsecured within the radius of my apartment; Mine is the only secure one on the block.

  4. Tina Kubala on November 18th, 2007

    Hubby and I picked up pizza at Papa John’s last night. In the week since we’d been there, they have become a WiFi hot spot. We live in a rural area with mostly factory jobs, so it’s not like it’s normal to have people running around with laptops.

  5. Jenn on November 18th, 2007

    Wow. And here I thought it was almost always free, what with the way it’s always advertised as such. But go you on finding an alternate. :)

  6. JasonJ on November 18th, 2007

    Very Naughty! You are a hacker.

    Hey Colleen,

    Look at this great post my friend made:
    http://bald-guy-about-life.blogspot.com/2007/10/case-of-jay-blogging-disease.html

    Can you make a similar post? Were you influenced by someone? or have influenced others?

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