We noted earlier today that using an alarming name for your Wi-Fi network could be a useful addition to your existing security approach and keep your neighbours from trying to slurp. Here are a few of the most compelling names you could try. Are you willing to rename your network WeCanHearYouHavingSex?
Picture by Florian
Note that we definitely don’t recommend relying purely on a clever-dick name to protect your Wi-Fi network; you should always set up proper security, which isn’t a difficult task. However, once you’ve done that, there’s no reason you can’t have a little fun as well. Here are our favourite suggestions:
- c:\virus.exe
- SWF GSOH 6 CATS
- We Can Hear You Having Sex
- H1N1
- I’m Under Your Bed
- $$#%JgbtyeQQ^^#@LP&89324
- notfreesogetstuffed
- ASIO
- I Worship Jim Wallace
- Series Of Tubes
Additional suggestions are, naturally, welcome in the comments.
Sources: Holy Taco, ListOfTheDay and Team Allure
nugdugs
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 10:41 AMmy one is renamed to ‘Police Surveillance 1′
TIberious
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 5:09 PMMines “FBI Surveillance Van #42″ :P
♣TadMod♣
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 10:42 AMOne of my mates used to use “SkyNet”.
Nobody EVER connected to SkyNet!
Filmwench
Thursday, August 18, 2011 at 8:40 PMLOL – our’s is Skynet too, partially for that reason :P
nik
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 10:44 AMmine is “Installing Virus” been good so far!
sean
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 10:44 AMThe Lan Before Time
Free Public Wifi
JJ
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 10:47 AM“NSW Police Survalience Unit #86″
Cam
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 7:42 AMIt’d possibly have more impact if you could spell. LOL.
My SSID “FBI Surveilance van 13″ hasn’t had a single connection attempt but the SSID on my secondary AP, “YARRR There be Pirates” tends to get a few attempts every week.
Mr Biggles
Friday, August 12, 2011 at 11:57 AMWow – would help if you could spell too…
“Surveilance” – WTF
Dougal
Monday, August 15, 2011 at 2:28 PMUnfortunately “Police Spelling Unit” decamped in the opposite direction…
Jayphen
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 10:48 AMMine is gnome_means_gnome
John
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 10:52 AMNot a very funny one but seeing as my unit is in a motel
“Who are you again?”
Dean
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 10:54 AMPretty fly for a Wi-Fi
Bugalugs
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 12:45 PMLove it… Might have to use that one!
Jess
Monday, August 15, 2011 at 11:10 AMThat’s mine for my mobile hotspot… Until I decide which of these to use, anyway…
Chris
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 10:59 AMUnrelated, but amusing.
Our household has been having a recurring “wi-fi” war with one of our neighbours (townhouses).
When we first moved in, their SSID was “Decepticons”, so naturally we set ours to “Autobots”.
Various changes later.
Recently though they changed their SSID to “FuryTech”, so we changed to “TrollTech”.
Then they changed theirs to “FailTech”, so we stole their original of “FuryTech”.
I encourage all of you to play wifi wars, it’s most entertaining when you don’t even know who you are fighting.
Simon
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 11:04 AM“$99 per 30 seconds”
Virus__
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 11:05 AMI use to call mine “4chan Party Van” luls were had.
Johann
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 11:06 AMI’ve always been partial to something along the lines of
I_wont_steal_your_passwords
I_wont_steal_your_credit_card_details
No_hackers_here
etc.
Bit of healthy pessimism on the leecher’s part should put them off.
w00dsy
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 11:29 AMMine is Mario Speedwagon.
Bryan
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 11:40 AM1Forrest1
ancient
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 11:44 AMI like ASCII art SSIDs:
< (fish)
8====8 (bone)
<:8 )~~~ (mouse)
Ej
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 11:45 AM“Attack of the 64ft lesbian Octopus”
Vaeron
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 5:07 PMDoes that offend them, yeah?
Mr Odd
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 11:46 AMNow all I need is the matching passwords… hehe
Adam
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 12:02 PMHoneypot
Aaron
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 12:04 PMHey… Series of Tubes is used by someone in my apartment block. With an invasive strong signal.
Steve
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 12:07 PMMy SSID is currently “Wintermute”, which is the name of the AI computer in Neuromancer by William Gibson.
Prior to that I had “WrongTrousers”, which always got a laugh from guests who sort out nearby wireless networks.
Sean
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 10:36 PMWintermute is the name of my PC!
For the last ten years I have named my computers after characters from the Sprawl trilogy, and networks after places in the books.
Currently I have (including VMs):
- Neuromancer
- Wintermute
- CountZero
- Molly
- Armitage
My workgroup is Sprawl, and my wifi is Sprawl-Wifi (although thinking about it now Freeside would make more sense, need to change it now).
Andrew
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 12:10 AMWow you two should go out on a date!
Barry
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 12:59 PMI did a test a while ago, where we live, the road gets hoons speeding along it because of some nut living on the street.
One day I changed my Wif-Fi to “QLD Speed Cam #37″ and after about a week, the speeding and reving engines stopped and we have a ncie quiet street again. Don’t know if they ever saw the Wi-Fi but it’s nice now. After that, I changed it to BrisBestBrothel
Jess
Monday, August 15, 2011 at 11:13 AMNow that is just genius
bugwan
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 1:15 PMOnLikeDonkeyKong here.
Steve
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 1:26 PMI saw one that flew very close to the 32 (31?) char SSID limit when I was trekking around with my N900 one day:
“DontTouchMeImNotThatKindOfWLAN”
Sean S.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 1:32 PMMine has been ASIO_Surveillance_056A for the better part of a year. no issues yet
Nobody
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 1:38 PM‘Connecting Now…’, reporting in.
Everyone’s perfectly comfortable connecting to things, but when things connect to them they flip out.
Had an elderly man knock on my door about it.