'Wi-Fi Police' Stalk Olympic Games 268
schwit1 writes with news from London that Olympic venues are being patrolled by so-called "Wi-Fi police," who seek out and shut down unauthorized access points and hotspots. BT is the "official communications services provider" for the Games, so access points other than the ones they set up or approve have been disallowed. A picture tweeted from the Olympics shows a gentleman carrying a portable direction antenna that can localize sources of transmission and interference.
"One possible aim of shutting down such WiFi access points is to cut down on interference with essential wireless communications being used by those refereeing, reporting on and working at the sporting events. ... The news of the WiFi crackdown has angered many of those following the Games online, who were already upset at Olympic authorities' attempts to limit the use of social networking tools at the Games at certain times. The London Olympics had been billed as the first 'social media Games,' but organizers have been accused of bungling the effort to seamlessly integrate popular technologies like Twitter and Facebook into the event."
Food cops also deployed (Score:5, Funny)
Anyone not eating official McDonalds food--prepare for an ass whipping!
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Re:Fox hunt? (Score:5, Funny)
If I were in the area, I'd be tempted to set up a few of the old linksys routers that cut out now and then in strange places (just powered, not networked).
Make it a little more challenging for them to find the real "WiFi Offenders"
Or put your phone in Hotspot mode then put it in your wasteband of your pants. When he comes by and points that ridiculous thing at your crotch, just say "yep, guilty as charged, your hunk detector worked like a charm" and then dare him to get close enough to stop your wifi signal.
bad move (Score:5, Funny)
These "wi-fi police" are clearly infringing on the exclusive intellectual property rights of the Metropolitan Police Service, The Official Police Force of the Olympic Games®.
fakeap (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Fox hunt? (Score:5, Funny)
...wasteband of your pants.
Wasteband...you mean a diaper? Wouldn't the phone get dirty?
The London Olympics have been corrupted... (Score:5, Funny)
Soon after, Coe backpedalled so rapidly that if he was seated backwards on a bike he'd win a gold medal in cycling.
Re:two methods of defeating such methods (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Other Olympic blackouts (Score:5, Funny)
Is there anything about the Olympics that isn't corrupt and disgusting?
Maybe (slightly...) less doping than in the Tour de France?
Re:Food cops also deployed (Score:5, Funny)
Anyone eating official Taco Bell food--prepare for an ass wiping!
Re:Fox hunt? (Score:5, Funny)
or maybe it'd grow to mutant proportions.... a thousand comic books can't all be wrong, can they?
Re:Short translation (Score:4, Funny)
The Olympics--where everyone gets paid except the athletes who actually do the work.
Re:Wifi police? (Score:4, Funny)
Drown the area in hotspots named "Burger King", "Pepsi" and similar using directional antennas.
That would cause some amusement.
Re:Fox hunt? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Fox hunt? (Score:5, Funny)
Hook some 3g routers up to batteries and tie them to cats. Set the cats free and grab some popcorn.
Re:Fox hunt? (Score:5, Funny)
"You found my Hot Spot baby!"
Re:Fox hunt? (Score:4, Funny)
6 inches in Yankee speak. I understand that's about average. Well, it's not about the length of the vector, it's about how you apply the force.
Re:Fox hunt? (Score:5, Funny)