Although this one could conceivably bring unwanted attention
“Had to redo our wireless network this morning,” Craig Fifield writes on Google+, “figured I might as well freak out the neighbors :).”
You can see what he means in the picture. I thought the v2 part was a nice touch.
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An SEO guy and Internet marketer who previously worked as a product manager for Microsoft, Fifield is only the latest in a long line of merry pranksters who have used the SSID naming process as an opportunity to punk the neighbors. Perhaps you’ll recall this post about FBI Van 1.
But I asked Fifield if he had any concerns that a neighbor might not get the gag and he could wind up getting a knock on the door from the authorities.
“Nope. I’d love that actually, I live on the edge. 😉 “
I told him he’s a madman.
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