Jan 16 2010
The Internet Is A Global Village
A number of villages in northeastern Cambodia use Wi-Fi in an unusual way to connect with the Internet. Five men on mountain motorbikes connect these villages, which are otherwise too remote for Internet access, with the world. Each motorbike is equipped with a rugged portable computer equipped as a Wi-Fi access [...]
Dec 20 2009
The Origin of War Driving
Why does “war driving” use the term “war?” Admittedly, the practice of war driving is an attempt to obtain information illicitly, but a better term might be something like “Eavesdrop driving.”
The term “war chalking” seems to have come along as a Johnny-come-lately term for “war driving.” War driving was already firmly entrenched in the Wi-Fi [...]