Warflying

Warflying

Warflying or warstorming is an activity consisting of using an airplane and a Wi-Fi-equipped computer, such as a laptop or a PDA, to detect Wi-Fi wireless networks. Warstorming shares similarities to Wardriving and Warwalking in all aspects except for the method of transport.

It originated in Western Australia with the [http://www.wafreenet.org WaFreeNet (WAFN)] group taking up a Grumman Tiger four-seater near Perth City in 2002, as documented on the weblog of [http://www.e3.com.au Jason Jordan]

Most warflying is harmless, as most of the people will just scan for the networks, either as an experiment, or just for the pure amusement, or to map out the wireless networks in the area.Fact|date=February 2007 Due to the nature of warflying, it is much more difficult to attempt to access open networks while flying.

ee also

* WarXing

External links

* [http://www.g4tv.com/techtvvault/features/39432/Warflying_for_WiFi.html G4TV] Warflying for WIFI
* [http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/24/1030052995854.html SMH.com.au News Site] War driving takes to the air over Perth
* [http://www.boingboing.net/2004/04/28/wifi_planes_warflyin.html BoingBoing] WiFi + planes = warflying


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