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Mobile phone number as SSID?

Mr. Pollas had an experience at one of my neighbourhood cafés

This is where the good thing happens. I check for other APs and find one, ingeniously named as a cellphone number. A text message and two minutes later things are starting to look better. This is roughly how the conversation went:

Me: “Hi, I’m stuck at Eugene with wifi-trouble. Can I borrow your connection? Best regards /Anders – pollas.dk”

AP-guy: “I’m just returning home, I’m there in 5 minutes if you’re still there”

Me: “Sounds perfect!”

AP-guy: “I’ll be there in two, I’ll be the guy in the white jacket with a computer store carrier bag”.

Friendly guy comes in, remembers his AP actually is open already and gives me the WEP-key. He’s blocking access tomorrow anyway, which is why I dare to post this bit – I hope it’s ok. Information and access want to be free, but AP owners are to be respected.

AP owners are to be respected. So if you find my number at another Vesterbro cafe, text me, and I’ll let you in. You might even sample my cd collection. (Coin laundry AP owner next to Märkbar, this is where you come in).

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