A NSA survelience van within WIFI range of my place!!!

[GreyGeek]

My wifi connection was unusually slow so I used nm-tool. Look what I found!

$ nm-tool

NetworkManager Tool

State: connected (global)


** (process:26386): WARNING **: error: cannot retrieve connection: uid 1000 has no permission to perform this operation
- Device: eth0  [Wired connection 1] -------------------------------------------
  Type:              Wired
  Driver:            atl1c
  State:             connected
  Default:           yes
  HW Address:        4C:72:B9:2D:8D:99

  Capabilities:
    Carrier Detect:  yes
    Speed:           100 Mb/s

  Wired Properties
    Carrier:         on

  IPv4 Settings:
    Address:         192.168.1.102
    Prefix:          24 (255.255.255.0)
    Gateway:         192.168.1.1

    DNS:             192.168.1.1


- Device: wlan0 ----------------------------------------------------------------
  Type:              802.11 WiFi
  Driver:            ath9k
  State:             disconnected
  Default:           no
  HW Address:        44:6D:57:D6:48:88

  Capabilities:

  Wireless Properties
    WEP Encryption:  yes
    WPA Encryption:  yes
    WPA2 Encryption: yes

  Wireless Access Points 
    b_rewaka:        Infra, F8:8E:85:7C:E9:AA, Freq 2437 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 92 WPA WPA2
    NETGEAR27:       Infra, 84:1B:5E:38:48:AB, Freq 2442 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 55 WPA2
    newyork:         Infra, C0:3F:0E:B4:7F:B6, Freq 2462 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 50 WPA WPA2
    WIN_08DE:        Infra, 4C:17:EB:0A:08:DD, Freq 2437 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 30 WPA WPA2
    Internets:       Infra, 7C:03:4C:21:E1:B0, Freq 2462 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 77 WEP
    greygeek:        Infra, 20:AA:4B:3A:85:E3, Freq 2437 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 100 WPA2
    UnderTheSky:     Infra, 00:1C:10:0C:83:56, Freq 2437 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 35 WPA
    HunnicuttOutside:Infra, F8:7B:8C:09:C1:24, Freq 2437 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 65 WPA WPA2
    WIN_ddc4:        Infra, C0:AC:54:47:DD:C3, Freq 2412 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 52 WPA WPA2
    WIN_82ce:        Infra, 3C:81:D8:30:82:CD, Freq 2412 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 52 WPA WPA2
    Thanh:           Infra, 00:24:B2:B8:79:98, Freq 2412 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 40
    Dirtbags:        Infra, 6C:2E:85:70:18:0E, Freq 2462 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 32 WPA
    WIN_b985:        Infra, 7C:03:D8:33:B9:84, Freq 2412 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 57 WPA WPA2
    ScotFergus-guest:Infra, C8:D7:19:F1:B2:6A, Freq 2462 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 62
    ScotFergus:      Infra, C8:D7:19:F1:B2:68, Freq 2462 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 54 WPA WPA2
    WIN_582:         Infra, 00:26:50:D6:CE:A9, Freq 2412 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 34 WEP
    ITHINKNERD:      Infra, 52:72:C0:40:44:E7, Freq 2412 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 27 WPA WPA2
    ANHNET_EXT:      Infra, C6:3D:C7:86:33:43, Freq 2447 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 59 WEP
    WIN_F909:        Infra, 6C:2E:85:6F:F9:08, Freq 2437 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 35 WPA
    WIN_1f17:        Infra, 68:15:90:D8:1F:16, Freq 2462 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 59 WPA2
    BKWIRELESS:      Infra, 20:4E:7F:C0:9C:1B, Freq 2437 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 37 WPA2
    WIN_8f86:        Infra, 2C:39:96:F0:8F:85, Freq 2462 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 62 WPA2
[COLOR=#ff0000]    NSA surveillance van: Infra, 04:A1:51:E6:D8:3E, Freq 2412 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 55 WPA2[/COLOR]

Big Brother is closer than you think!
(Actually, I think it is someone spoofing NSA with a bogus wifi name, but it's funny anyway )

[dibl]

Funny! And ... inspiring! I have this paranoiac ex-cop neighbor -- but I doubt he has the smarts to scan his wifi signals.

Hey, how about "Invisible CIA drone"?

[67GTA]

I caught my neighbor's teenage son trying to hack my wifi last year. Just for laughs, I changed my ssid to "FBI Surveillance Van".

[charles052]

I ran into that lots of times on the road. It's either been FBI surveillance or NSA, etc... I think it's just some who people don't want their wifi tampered with or tapped into, so they rename their home network to deter would be leechers.

Of course, I could be wrong...

[GreyGeek]

Interesting tales!

Dibl, I thinking of changing my wireless router name to your suggestion!

[SteveRiley]

    ScotFergus-guest:Infra, C8:D7:19:F1:B2:6A, Freq 2462 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 62

Possibly useful

[Teunis]

For about two years I named my access point Al Qaeda in the polder...
Maybe I should change to Neighbourhood Surveillance.

[GreyGeek]

Possibly useful

So is Thanh's connection!

[Simon]

My friend at college once picked up a wifi called "CSI Detroit" but that couldn't be the case in Windsor, ON. lol

--edit--

If you are still lagging on your WiFi connection. Try finding a better channel. The Freq 2437 is in use by 6 others on that list. Freqs 2442 and 2447 are more isolated and will have less clutter.

[SteveRiley]

If you are still lagging on your WiFi connection. Try finding a better channel. The Freq 2437 is in use by 6 others on that list. Freqs 2442 and 2447 are more isolated and will have less clutter.

Good point. I usually change to 1 or 11, because these have no overlap with 6.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels

[NickStone]

Here's another story about NSA even hacking in to offline computers.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25743074

[oshunluvr]

Funny that they call that "Latest Leak." The story is based on 7 year old documents that were released 3 years ago. Apparently, nobody cared much then.

[GreyGeek]

Targets included the Chinese and Russian military as well as drug cartels, the newspaper claimed.

That seems implausible. The spy would have to be within radio range of the computer. It would mean that the NSA has "assets" inside those groups. Secondly, the Chinese and Russians no doubt scan for unknown radio transmissions within their facilities. Thirdly, even if NSA had that capability the fact that they seem blissfully unaware of the many events that have taken place over the years, or didn't react to them, suggests they don't have the capability. Why put "assets" at risk if they are not going to use the Intelligence.

[NickStone]

The more I read about Edward Snowden the more I am thinking that he is simply a Walter Mitty character

[GreyGeek]

I wouldn't make that comparison. Walter Mitty was clueless. I don't think Snowden did what he did blindly. He knew what the consequences might be, right up to being sanctioned. I suspect that he was scared to death when he did it. Personally, I consider him an American hero, compared to those Walter Mitty's manning the drones, the snooping video screens and microphones on buses, etc..., who KNOW what they are doing and are under the illusion they are working to further freedom, or are just in it for the money.