Mine has been “WiFi Art Thou Romeo?” for 20+ years
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Years ago my local firefighters were setting up a wifi setup that went across the town for them to use, so we named our wifi after theirs, about a week later we get a knock on the door asking us to change it because the firefighters around me couldn't connect to their network.
Not sure how they found out it was us, I think someone ratted us out.
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One of my neighbours has a pretty clever one. Michiel de Ruiter is a common Dutch name, so they made it 'Michiel de Router'
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No but ive seen one called "hot signals in your area" in zurich airport which gave me a chuckle
Pretty much everyone around here uses the default name. So its a bunch of "ARRRIS_xxxx", "Netgear_xxxx", and the occasional "LASTNAME".
Nothing fun aside from us unfortunately.
My favorite is PrettyFlyForAWiFi
“The password of [neighbour’s SSID] is [embarrassing password]”
Or some such. Not sure if it was the real password, but soon after everyone was doing it to one another and it got people super confused.
If they took any of them seriously, they were already confused.
I have "The Internet" and "Honeypot"
I called mine "Gay Lover Paradise" and just get angry looks lol
A lot of peeps have their name or "x family" But I see "YouShallNotPass" Right now mine are "Not Connected" and "No Internet"
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Everyone should change theirs to RELEASTHEEPSTEINwifiLES!
Hide ya kids hide ya wifi
NSA_Van_#
Not NSA Van
Lived in an apartment complex a while back. Found an SSID while setting up my network, Ebony3HoleEnjoyer. Never found out who dunnit.
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I just use the same standard, boring name I got with my router 10 years ago and I change it to be the same with each new router. Because I'd rather be fucked in the ass than update my 100 devices to connect to a new wifi.
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I think I've seen "FBI Van" at an old apartment I used to live
Mine was named FBI Surveillance Van #3. Neighbor was a pot dealer and was freaking out, asking another neighbor if he had seen that signal. Best part? We were far enough away that the SSID would fade in and out at his house, like it was moving.
I named mine to reflect the local police force and my neighbours kind of went quiet.
Other than BeBlessedandMoisturized, my neighbors don’t seem too creative with their WiFi names.
soyballs though 👌
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