Tangentially, an example of, roughly speaking, a naturally occurring computer virus. There is a feature/bug in windows that causes computers to rebroadcast ad hoc wireless networks that they have connected to.
It started out using auto-connect features and network names broadcast by default by wireless routers. But these were outcompeted by ones that require human intervention to connect, with the name “Free Public WiFi.”
Tangentially, an example of, roughly speaking, a naturally occurring computer virus. There is a feature/bug in windows that causes computers to rebroadcast ad hoc wireless networks that they have connected to.
It started out using auto-connect features and network names broadcast by default by wireless routers. But these were outcompeted by ones that require human intervention to connect, with the name “Free Public WiFi.”