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War driving

Driving around with a laptop equipped with a wireless Ethernet sniffers, such as AirSnort to find wireless access points that (inadvertently or not) allow public access to the network and the Internet.

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War-driving lessons
Schwartau on the importance of checking your wireless network for holes. Network World, 09/02/02.

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