Ah the humble service set identifier! It seems to have grown from a simple way for access points to identify themselves to potential clients to a little public bulletin board for airing one’s grievances toward noisy neighbors or showcasing one’s wit.

What notable SSIDs have you run into out in the wild or created yourself?

  • JGrffn@lemmy.world
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    For the longest time I had “FBI Van” and “NSA Van” for my 2.4ghz and 5ghz bands respectively. 0 cool stories with that scheme, until I changed the 5ghz one to “Ganon’s Tower” and a neighbor eventually joined me and named his wifi “Hyrule Castle”. We kept that for a few years until the neighbor moved, I believe