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| | Moving WebWord > How Warchalking Died |
 | | The internet will be all around you in all places but you won't ever need to care about Warchalking. | | | The logo offers better usability than Warchalking symbols, in my opinion. | | | That way, other computer users can pop open their laptops and connect to the Internet wirelessly." |
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| | BBC NEWS Technology Chalk points to wireless internet |
| | The idea of "warchalking" derives from the early days of computer networks when curious hackers would engage in "wardialling" expeditions which involved phoning lots of numbers to see which ones answered with a data, rather than a dial, tone. | | | The advent of wireless computer networks that let people connect up to the net via a radio link has given birth to a new hobby among curious hackers. | | | He designed a basic set of symbols that summarised the types of wireless networks people would find, gave it the name "warchalking" and published his ideas on his weblog. |
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| | Guardian Unlimited Technology Technology Working the web: Warchalking |
| | In this kind of environment, warchalking has some important uses beyond finding a free net. | | | A wardialler sets his computer up to sequentially dial every telephone number within a range, listening for the tell-tale whistling of another computer. | | | Meanwhile, of course, many of us want people to use our networks, and have warchalked our neighbourhoods to this effect. |
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| | USATODAY.com - Warchalking: Sign of the wireless-hopping times |
| | While net users might rejoice at the idea of free Internet access scattered throughout their town, security experts are quick to point out the downside. | | | Glenn Fleishman, technology columnist for The Seattle Times, added that warchalking might pose another threat to businesses: increased Internet costs. | | | British Web designer Matt Jones, 30, with the help of a few friends, recently created the "warchalking" language, a series of chalk codes that tell users when they are near wireless networks. |
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http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2002-07-29-warchalking_x.htm
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| | warchalking - a Whatis.com definition - see also: war chalking |
| | Matt Jones anticipates that his iconography might be useful for free wireless sites and their mapping-location software. | | | The term you selected is being presented by searchMobileComputing.com, a TechTarget site for Mobile Computing professionals. | | | Warchalking.org's mission is to create a hobo language for free wireless networking. |
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| | Wired News: Wi-Fi Users: Chalk This Way |
| | Warchalking site is playing like a summer blockbuster across tech blogs, even drawing mainstream media queries to his phone. | | | Visible symbols in public, he said, would encourage newcomers and initiate conversations between Wi-Fi users, network operators and others, "even if that conversation ends abruptly" as administrators move to secure networks marked by warchalkers. | | | Warchalking, it seems, is so cool it doesn't even matter if anyone is really doing it or not. |
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| | Hot Spot Finder : Warchalking 101 |
| | Jones dubbed this practice "warchalking," a pun on "wardialing," introduced in the 1983 movie Wargames, in which a young hacker has his computer automatically dial all the phone numbers in the area looking for other computers. | | | In 2002, London-based IT consultant Matt "Blackbelt" Jones came up with an idea for Wi-Fi users to help each other get online. | | | In the latter case, if known, the warchalker will list the SSID for the network and contact information for the person or business that can grant access. |
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| | The demise of the warchalkers |
| | Wardialling - An early form of hacking involving dialling random numbers in the hope of finding a modem attached to a computer. | | | "I got back in the car, a mild rush flowing through me at having completed my first warchalk," said Ron Chrisley, research fellow in artificial intelligence at the University of Birmingham, after a night on the streets with some chalk and an iPaq. | | | Ethical justifications for warchalking include the peace-and-love stance, with warchalkers saying that they do not mind sharing their networks, so why can't others share their networks with them? |
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http://www.computerweekly.com/articles/article.asp?liArticleID=122783&liArticleTypeID=20&liCategoryID=1&liChannelID=2&liFlavourID=1&sSearch=&nPage=1
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| | Blog Club: Warchalking My Living Room |
| | While there isn't anything wrong with this...you now know more then you could possibly ever want to know about my home network and warchalking living room. | | | Given my pseudo-technical background I've tried to do a decent home network to make things easier for me. The networking schema is: | | | Warchalking is a relatively new phenomena (about a year old) based on a variety of standard visual signs to let anyone know when there are in a wireless networking hot spot. |
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http://blogranger.typepad.com/blogclub/2004/02/warchalking_my_.html
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| | CBC News:"Warchalking": chalk symbols mark location of wireless networks |
| | The name "warchalking" comes from "warwalking," which is wandering around a city with a computer looking for radio signals coming from wireless computer networks. | | | Both "warwalking" and its car-based equivalent "wardriving" derive from a hacker pastime from the early days of computer networks called "wardialing," randomly dialing phone numbers looking for data connections. | | | The symbol usually also indicates the network's name and the bandwidth a user can get from it. |
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http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2002/08/09/Consumers/warchalking020809
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| | BBC NEWS Technology Wireless hitchhikers branded as thieves |
| | The advisory was brought to light by technology news magazine Computing. | | | If warchalking were outlawed then websites would simply be used to spread the word. | | | Let's see how they like it when they are stripped of security and their secrets made available to all the other hackers out there. |
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| | The name for the practice of finding wi-fi hotspots comes from the 1983 movie War Games where a teenage Matthew Broderick hacked into military computers at NORAD by wardialing random phone numbers using a modem. | | | Warchalkers respond that the bandwidth used is typically small compared to that available, that only in rare cases would an owner notice a performance decrease, and that even if owners did know, most would either gladly share their connections or simply take the few easy steps required to secure their networks. | | | They claim that warchalking sidewalks is no more illegal than kids drawing hopscotch squares. |
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| | Technology News: Wireless : Warchalking for WiFi: A Novel Idea Loses Steam |
| | "Warchalking is an idea with some merit but I expect most users will continue to rely on other ways to find hot spots." | | | Enter "warchalking," a hobo-inspired graphic language for identifying wireless networks locations, designed by users themselves to help fellow would-be surfers. | | | The evolution of warchalking is similar to other grassroots Internet initiatives. |
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| | Wireless Networking - Warchalking » Girl Geekette dotNet |
| | This site is where I store all of my notes related to computers and Technology so I may share it with others. | | | Warchalking is a term that describes the act of walking around with a laptop, picking up locations of wireless access points, and drawing symbols to mark various information about the wireless access points. | | | Powered by WordPress with a modified version of Ragiels Dream theme. |
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http://www.girlgeekette.net/2005/09/05/wireless-networking-warchalking
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| | Does True Warchalking Exist? |
| | Since it is a WEP (non-open) node and I didn't do it, this could be half of a "true" instance of warchalking! | | | In pure form, the story of warchalking is that there is a subculture of Wi-Fi users that use chalk to communicate with each other about Wi-Fi locations. | | | If warchalking with chalk works the way it is supposed to, we should be able to find the marks, otherwise they are useless. |
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| | Hotspot Finder - Warchalking 101 |
| | Without one, there's no precedent for busting small-time wardrivers, warchalkers, and rogue users of open Wi-Fi networks. | | | Hacking into other computers on the Wi-Fi network, or sniffing packets flying by, on the other hand, will definitely get you in trouble. | | | But you've probably seen or read news stories on the dangerous threat posed by wardrivers, warchalkers, or warspammers -- a threat which is way overblown. |
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| | G4 - Feature - Node Runner: Driving for Wireless |
| | The idea is to pinpoint these nodes in order to get an idea of just how much civic space is covered, and pass the information on to others. | | | But the possible failing of warchalking may be that the marks wash off easily. | | | Perhaps this is the reason few ISPs have done much to stop it. |
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http://www.g4tv.com/techtvvault/features/39250/Node_Runner_Driving_for_Wireless.html
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| | Warchalking Getting Erased - The Wireless Weblog |
| | Your ad execs might want to do some research next time. | | | However, there is a fear that warchalking can eventually lead wireless users to tap into networks where they are not welcome, and that certainly could lead to big problems. | | | Wardriving, in my own words, is the benign act of driving, noting the different wireless networking devices in a given area, and possibly mapping them. |
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| | Educational CyberPlayGround: WIFI Wireless Networks 802.11, 802.16, 802.16a, Warchalking, Wardriving |
| | The name has roots in the movie WarGames, in which Matthew Broderick's character uses a computer to call hundreds of phone numbers in search of computer dialups, hence "war dialing." | | | Anyone knowing in the ways of the WarChalking will recognise what it means, and get online. | | | You find a node, and draw the correct symbol on a nearby piece of public furniture - a wall, the pavement, the side of a lamppost. |
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| | Heard of drive-by hacking? Meet drive-by spamming - ZDNet UK News |
| | Don't miss any of ZDNet's great technology news content. | | | This has already led to the practice of wardriving, where people drive around cities looking for insecure wireless LANs, and warchalking, where hackers drawing a chalk symbol on a wall or pavement to indicate the presence of a wireless networking node. | | | Several even said they will print the symbols on a card and put it in their office windows," Jones said. |
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| | Warchalking - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Having found a Wi-Fi node, the warchalker draws a special symbol on a nearby object, such as a wall, the pavement, or a lamp post. | | | Warchalking is the drawing of symbols in public places to advertise an open Wi-Fi wireless network. | | | The word is formed by analogy to wardriving, the practice of driving around an area to detect open Wi-Fi nodes. |
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| | Trying to build a case against 'warchalking' InfoWorld Column 2002-10-02 By Carlton Vogt |
| | Warchalking is a direct descendant of "wardialing," in which people would program their computers to dial around to find unlisted modems. | | | Warchalkers then make chalk marks very much like the old hobo symbols, telling where the networks are and providing other useful information. | | | Then we could assume that those who leave their networks available to warchalkers on purpose -- as some people are reported to do -- don't really mind sharing their resources with others. |
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| | What is warchalking? - A Word Definition From the Webopedia Computer Dictionary |
| | Warchalkers also draw identifiers above the symbols to indicate the password that can be used to access the node, which can easily be obtained with sniffer software. | | | As a recent development, the debate over the legality of warchalking is still going on. | | | There are three basic designs that are currently used: a pair of back-to-back semicircles, which denotes an open node; a closed circle, which denotes a closed node; a closed circle with a “W” inside, which denotes a node equipped with WEP. |
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| | Warchalking: London Wi-Fi guerrillas take tips from hobos - ZDNet UK News |
| | SSIDs are easily obtained using readily available sniffing software. | | | But warchalking is remarkable because it is based on an ad hoc process of people discovering Wi-Fi nodes -- whether commercial or not -- and signalling their presence with chalk symbols. | | | If you see one of these symbols, you should -- in theory at least -- be able to whip out your notebook computer equipped with an 802.11 wireless networking card, and log on to the Net. |
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| | Warchalking is theft, says Nokia - vnunet.com |
| | "But the little-talked-about issue of bandwidth-robbing by these warchalkers should not be ignored. | | | No major Windows XP update until mid 2007 | | | The initial hysteria was over security, when it emerged that warchalkers may also be freely browsing corporate networks and accessing private company information. |
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| | CBC Marketplace: Warchalking in a Wireless World |
| | There are laws, which apply, but they weren’t drafted with warchalking in mind. | | | Warchalking may sound like a pretty friendly way to share an internet signal. | | | We asked him what he thought about warchalking, considerng the company's logo is similar to the open network warchalking symbol. |
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| | Word Spy - war chalking |
| | Jones calls it "warchalking," a play on the hacker term "wardialing," which refers to a hacker practice of setting computers to continually dial phone numbers until they reach one that lets them break into a network via the modem. | | | Jones proposed on a Web log that Wi-Fi users agree on a set of symbols that they can chalk on sidewalks or buildings to help other users find out where they can get on to the Internet. |
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| | Warchalking London |
| | I have owned a number of pieces of warchalking hardware, so here are some thoughts on the best kit. | | | I hate being couped up in an office. | | | Future devices: I would like to try out the new Nokia 9500 communicator, which would double as pda, phone and warchalker (I think I mean triple). |
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| | War(chalking): What is it Good For? |
| | In addition, Townsend suggests that warchalking carries the potential for practitioners to direct wireless users to networks in which they are not invited. | | | In fact, a foolproof recipe for backing up an argument is to claim indisputable knowledge of the birth, for example, of the plastic flying disc, the hula hoop or even the game of baseball. | | | While that could serve as a valuable aid to a laptop user desperate for an Internet connection, Craig says it won't be long before information about community hotspots is readily available through other means. |
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| | Techdirt:Nokia Says Warchalking Is Theft |
| | Some people are using warchalking to purposely show others that their networks are open for sharing. | | | I might as pull my white brain rag and bricks out...apparently they are making a come back. | | | First of all, the simple act of warchalking itself isn't anything (other than perhaps vandalism in terms of marking up a wall, depending on how it's done). |
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| | BW Online July 3, 2002 A Wireless End Run Around ISPs |
| | Jones dubbed the symbols "warchalks," a play on "wardriving" or "warwalking," which refers to people who toot around cities with special software designed to sniff out open wireless nodes. | | | Jones received 60,000 hits to his Web site and Hammersley's Web log, an online journal, was a top link on ultrapopular, ultrageek site Slashdot.org and top portals for graphic designers. | | | All of which makes warchalking so exciting to Wi-Fi enthusiasts and so threatening to broadband providers. |
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| | Warchalking [Archive] - MacNN Forums |
| | 09-21-2002, 06:33 PM I was just turned on to this phenomenon (or shall we say, "movement") called warchalking, where computer users would scour a city with their laptops or other wireless devices, and find "open" wireless networks. | | | some say this is theft (Nokia, for example), while warchalkers argue that it is perfectly legal. | | | Some say that it can be used by folks who want to identify their network as open or closed, by including the symbols in the name of the network... |
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| | Warchalking Wireless Networks |
| | Some operators think warchalking is a good idea and plan to print the relevant symbol on paper and put it in their building windows. | | | In addition, any given wireless network might change its configuration over time—and warchalkers can easily adjust symbols accordingly. | | | This week, I encountered the relatively new trend called "warchalking," which is related to war driving. |
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| | WarChalking - NetStumbler.org WiFi Forums |
| | That was probably seen by a hell of a lot more people than have heard of WarChalking. | | | Anyone with any type of skill set would automatically be able to find an AP without the warchalking symbols. |
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| | HNS - Warchalking and Other Wireless Worries |
| | Wardriving involves using a laptop computer with a WLAN card and wireless scanner software in a car to detect wireless networks. | | | This has recently been the subject of some media hype so what is the real nature of this threat? | | | Because of the nature of wireless it is possible that private signals can be picked up by people outside and that outsiders could connect into private Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs). |
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| | Web-World Watch: Warchalking and Wireless Hotspots |
| | Warchalking used to be a huge buzz word about 2 years ago, but now it is interesting history. | | | This is a link to our newsletter article on warchalking. | | | In fact you will want to click in to find out what it is, but even more to find out how to find wireless hotspots without having to look for warchalking marks! |
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| | MOVABLE TYPE : TEMPLATE |
| | Having not very much experience of war-walking or war-driving, I'm really looking to others for suggestion as what would be useful to represent in the warchalking symbology. | | | Okay so here is the first draft of a warchalking symbol card. | | | The pics posted so far show a very different expectation among users. |
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| | Wi-Fi Topic Definition Find the Meaning and Define the Answer of Wi-Fi |
| | Recreational exploration of other people's access points has become known as wardriving, and the leaving of graffiti describing available services as warchalking. | | | However, it's also common for people to unintentionally use others' Wi-Fi networks without authorization. | | | Older access points frequently don't support adequate security measures to protect against a determined attacker armed with a packet sniffer and the ability to switch MAC addresses. |
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| | Wi-Fi Networking News: The Kitschification of Warchalking |
| | The only time I’ve ever seen a warchalk symbol has been on a business card or a piece of corporate signage. | | | I imagine there’s a scholarly article in how warchalking went from the brain of Matt Jones into the public noösphere and then was entirely commodified: Warchalking was supposed to be a way for folks to tag locations with open or closed marks—even a way to advertise that you were offering Wi-Fi as an individual. | | | Now the ultimate step is Krystal’s restaurant, which is adding free Wi-Fi to 243 corporate stores and as many of the 180 franchisees who will pony up for it. |
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| | Warchalking with a PSP - Lik-Sang.com Forums |
| | Typically the practice is then to use a chalkmark to indicate the location so others can find it. | | | For the uninitiated, warchalking is the finding of accessible wireless internet access ports. |
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| | Macworld: News: Schlotzsky's uses 'warchalking' to advertise Wi-Fi |
| | "Warchalking" is a recent phenomenon popularized by Matt Jones, a London-area Wi-Fi user who has resurrected a practice of Depression-era hobos who would use chalk marks to communicate with each other to show where they could find food, shelter, and avoid trouble. | | | The company is marking sidewalks and even using advertising banners to let folks in the Austin, Texas area know that they can use some deli locations to access the Internet via their own Wi-Fi equipped computers. | | | Now Schlotzsky's notes that it is using a grassroots movement in public Wi-Fi access to get the word out about the network: Warchalking. |
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| | Boing Boing: Warchalking reborn |
| | Aaron's rebuilt the site using Scoop, the engine that runs Kuro5hin, and he's looking for contributors. | | | Matt Jones has been "memebombed." After helping to come up with the idea of "warchalking" -- marking wireless network availablity with chalk, using runes derived from old-time hobo-marks -- Matt got completely overwhelmed with publicity. | | | So he's turned over the management of the warchalking blog to Aaron Swartz, the indefatiguable and ever-vigilant nerdc0re activist and netizen. |
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| | The Times style guide forced the word into two parts: war chalking. | | | They don't like neologisms over at the NYT. | | | Based on the above, my current investment advice is to drink heavily and recycle. |
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| | BBC World Home Page |
| | There's a new craze out there on the cyberblock - something called warchalking. | | | Invented in London just a few weeks back, it's gone massively viral, catching the imagination of people all over the world. | | | Our own Click hipster Ben Silburn went to find out more. |
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| | Barbelith Underground > Laboratory > Warchalking |
| | It will probably change tomorrow so look in the archive for it if you are reading this after today. | | | Hello - it looks like a lot of people went warchalking this weekend - i have a few pictures to put up on warchalking.org | | | If any barbelites do - please mail/message me the URLs! |
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| | With enough numbers and such, people are > likely to think it's "official" surveying or for utilities or > somesuch and leave 'em alone. | | | > -----Original Message----- > From: Noah Iliinsky [mailto:noah at oz.net] > Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 12:11 PM > To: talk at seattlewireless.net > Subject: Re: Warchalking > > > Hmm, great concept. |
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| | WarChalking! - NetStumbler.org WiFi Forums |
| | Based on the idea that hobos leave chalk marks to help direct each other to food, shelter and the like, a fellow AP locator has come out with the concept of "WarChalking." Check it out at: | | | Yeah, but did you get the chalk yet? |
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| | Urban Dictionary: warchalking |
| | Inspired by the practice of hobos during the Great Depression to use chalk marks to indicate which homes were friendly. | | | I warchalked the secret government agency down the street! |
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