How to Hunt Down Wifi Leechers
Previously we showed you how to screw with people who steal your wifi by inverting images and blurring their browsers. Today we’ll show you how to determine the physical location of 802.11 wireless moochers. When someone uses your network to browse the web, download illegal files, etc. they leave a trace you can follow back to their physical location.
1. Download MoocherHunter
This program does most of the work for you. MoocherHunter tracks the stream of data traffic right to the moocher’s front door.Â
2. Track those Retched Bandwidth Hogs
The program is pretty straightforward. You can actually take it on the go and it’ll track your location in relation to wifi leeches.
3. Learn More and Prosper
October 8th, 2008
neat hack I will have to try this one out!
October 9th, 2008
In California, if a user doesn’t secure their wi-fi transmitter, it’s not against the law for anyone to tap into and use that unsecured signal. If you don’t want anybody to use you signal, use your wi-fi program’s security option.
November 6th, 2008
even if you “secure” you wireless, hackers can still crack it if you use wep, wpa-psk or wpa2-psk. then they can mooch all they want haha.
December 12th, 2008
Poolio: Actually WEP is the only one you can easily hack. WPA was JUST hacked for the first time last week and WPA2 has never been cracked.
June 12th, 2009
People with unsecured networks run the world, Really.
February 1st, 2010
Or you could, you know, be a good neighbor and *share* your Wi-Fi connection with travelers and the poor.