Lumpy wrote:

miso@sushi.com wrote:

...said Special Agent Randy Bond, of the Air
Force Office of Special Investigations...

Bond, Randy Bond.

Yes, I found the name amusing.

The DOD went on the rampage about 4 years ago regarding wifi on
military bases. I'm assuming they got them off their intranets, but I
don't see how you could get wifi out of the housing unless they sniff
each residence.

Nellis has a very powerful wifi network for their airplane maintenance.
It is encrypted of course. Somewhere on the net is an article
describing how the mechanics request parts via wifi. Stuff like that.

If you park on Las Vegas Blvd to watch planes land, the Nellis wifi can
easily be detected. There is also an encrypted wifi for Las Vegas Metro
that you can detect from the same general area.

I ran netstumbler one time on a trip to Central Nevada via Las Vegas.
[I didn't bother to run the GPS, though in retrospect, I will do this
next time.] You got hits in the expected places (near motels, truck
stops, etc.] What made me pull over and investigate was a hit from a
power line. The ID was for a power company, so I gather they can read
some instrumentation via wifi.

Heading up route 93, the first place you find wifi is in Alamo. Just
residences. Not a hit in Hiko or Rachel. I've been working on getting
the Quick Pick to set up wifi. It may happen, but it is not a priority.

I'm told but haven't verified that some of railroad lines have wifi in
their infrastructure.

Lumpy
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