The Bug That Created “Free Public Wifi” Networks That Didn’t Work

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  • @zoepentaleri
    @zoepentaleri2 жыл бұрын

    I remember back in the day when unprotected networks called "linksys" were everywhere. Free public wifi, and only at the cost of a bunch of individual homeowners internet plans.

  • @NoorquackerInd

    @NoorquackerInd

    2 жыл бұрын

    Whatever happened to attwifi?

  • @Ro_Gaming

    @Ro_Gaming

    2 жыл бұрын

    If I'm right, Linksys was owned by Motorola. Edit: as informed by another comment, the company that owns linksys is Belkin.

  • @zg4705

    @zg4705

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yooo me too, thanks for unlocking a memory

  • @jonasdatlas4668

    @jonasdatlas4668

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ah, back in the day when nobody cared about setting a password...

  • @jonasdatlas4668

    @jonasdatlas4668

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Safwaan well, in some countries that are less generous around filesharing/piracy, the owner of the line can sort of be responsible by default for illegal things done through their internet connection, so that’s probably part of it, too.

  • @GamePlague
    @GamePlague2 жыл бұрын

    I realized free public wifi was nonsense when I started seeing it available when using my laptop in a car on the highway.

  • @DaimyoD0

    @DaimyoD0

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sounds... nauseating and potentially dangerous. Lol. I presume you were not also driving the car?

  • @scrambledmandible

    @scrambledmandible

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@DaimyoD0 He's the engine

  • @youtubestyle293

    @youtubestyle293

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@DaimyoD0 nauseating :) do you watch sopranos at all?

  • @ashmellow78

    @ashmellow78

    2 жыл бұрын

    a new wifi popped up in the middle of the texas desert and it was called let me remember something along the lines of... kehbfclzkdhnliqx2uby8o7i3biru2qydnoz;q2/;ljxfq;wal

  • @VEVOJavier

    @VEVOJavier

    2 жыл бұрын

    Something only an American could do

  • @MuchWhittering
    @MuchWhittering2 жыл бұрын

    Near Wels Hauptbahnhof in Austria I discovered a wifi network called something like "Hufflepuff Meeting Room". I'm not saying that ÖBB, the Austrian train company, is run by wizards. But I am saying that there may be wizards in the vicinity.

  • @VoidKing666

    @VoidKing666

    2 жыл бұрын

    That is awesome.

  • @lesleyvids2610

    @lesleyvids2610

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wie zur Hölle find ich unter so einem Video die Erwähnung so eines Provinznestes wie Wels?

  • @LeviForWaifu

    @LeviForWaifu

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah I lived in a flat with a ton of cringe network names. What did I name mine? HarryPotheadIsForLosers

  • @inti001

    @inti001

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@lesleyvids2610 Same xD

  • @serraramayfield9230

    @serraramayfield9230

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@LeviForWaifu Roasted

  • @arnold-shortsnigga
    @arnold-shortsnigga2 жыл бұрын

    "I'm here to do what your father never would, validate your feelings" that struck a cord 😂

  • @MariahIsSkinnyFuckBlueLives

    @MariahIsSkinnyFuckBlueLives

    2 жыл бұрын

    video went 0-100 really fast 💀

  • @nfullenwider

    @nfullenwider

    2 жыл бұрын

    I wasn't ready

  • @svgPhoenix

    @svgPhoenix

    2 жыл бұрын

    *chord

  • @daan8695

    @daan8695

    2 жыл бұрын

    And then, just like my father, HAI crushed my dreams (by telling me the "Free Public WiFi" isn't WiFi)

  • @moabt.frican7163

    @moabt.frican7163

    2 жыл бұрын

    F#

  • @SeanHarlow
    @SeanHarlow2 жыл бұрын

    Back in 2003 I intentionally created a WANET network sharing the internet connection we had at school event and called it "Free Public WiFi" so I could sniff traffic from whoever connected. I've always wondered if my network was the genesis of this. I'm sure I wasn't the only one to create a network with that name, but there's a chance.

  • @currypenguin

    @currypenguin

    2 жыл бұрын

    damn

  • @kaitlyn__L

    @kaitlyn__L

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well done Sean, lol

  • @jasonrist6582

    @jasonrist6582

    2 жыл бұрын

    your computer is possibly patient zero lol

  • @181cameron

    @181cameron

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, Obama

  • @randomghost1080

    @randomghost1080

    2 жыл бұрын

    The good old days when HTTPS wasn't a thing and you could easily sniff on others' internet. Oh wait, I mean, sorry FBI I don't know what sniffing means. Pls don't arrest me, the children in my basement will starve to death.

  • @maxstr
    @maxstr2 жыл бұрын

    I've never seen a fake Free Public Wifi network, at least not the way it's explained here. Most of the time it connected, but to a pay wall

  • @AaronOfMpls

    @AaronOfMpls

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yup, I've seen one a few places with an ISP's name, set to psuedo-open. It would show as an open network in your device's list, but if you tried to connect, it direct you to a web page asking for a username and password. ☹️ Related, my public library's wifi doesn't ask for a login, but it does direct you to a web page of terms and conditions you have to OK before you can do anything on it.

  • @rubenbohorquez5673

    @rubenbohorquez5673

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's very common where I live. All ISPs have their own public wifi which appear without a password but you need to log in into an account that actually pays for the service (it's usually included with internet plans). Wifi at cafés and restaurants also often ask you to log in with a mail address to send you ads. There's an actually public, city run wifi in some places but it's not that good

  • @mihyroiz_heatlair

    @mihyroiz_heatlair

    2 жыл бұрын

    Uhh if you need to pay to the wifi then it’s not « free » anymore …

  • @DrReinardReihnart

    @DrReinardReihnart

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mihyroiz_heatlair well sometimes it is free, atleast for 100mb per day....

  • @sodiboo

    @sodiboo

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's common to have a login portal, and isn't free public wifi. I think the video is talking about a network literally called "Free Public Wifi" though, not one that fits that description

  • @StrokeMahEgo
    @StrokeMahEgo2 жыл бұрын

    Theoretically with enough "Free Public WiFi" WANET nodes, they'd eventually connect to the internet, and thus be an actual free public WiFi.

  • @kanedaku

    @kanedaku

    2 жыл бұрын

    Only if... nevermind.

  • @Halotaku
    @Halotaku2 жыл бұрын

    If I had a nickel for every time Half As Interesting explained something using a fake VHS tape, I would have two nickels. That isn't a lot, but it's weird that it's happened twice.

  • @theechickengamerz

    @theechickengamerz

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wdym FAKE?!??!

  • @whirrrl

    @whirrrl

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@theechickengamerz wot

  • @eskewroberts7663

    @eskewroberts7663

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's weird that it's ONLY happened twice

  • @nunya___

    @nunya___

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@theechickengamerz wdpauawtcjttw?

  • @mubasshir

    @mubasshir

    2 жыл бұрын

    I see the reference 👀

  • @JouvaMoufette
    @JouvaMoufette2 жыл бұрын

    The real big news to come from this video is that Sam from Half As Interesting has actually admitted to being Sam from Wendover Productions in a Half As Interesting video

  • @youtubestyle293

    @youtubestyle293

    2 жыл бұрын

    Holy molly

  • @rooney0423

    @rooney0423

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wait I thought it was the guy from real life lore???

  • @bhavikgoyal6843

    @bhavikgoyal6843

    2 жыл бұрын

    He already did that in Japan video about prefectures in sponsorship

  • @youtubestyle293

    @youtubestyle293

    2 жыл бұрын

    When does he admit this? What minute?

  • @GoinGreninja

    @GoinGreninja

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@youtubestyle293 4:44 onwards you'll hear it clear as day.

  • @safebox36
    @safebox362 жыл бұрын

    I'm a software dev and know a good tonne about computers and Internet technology. But this is entirely new to me, damn.

  • @stephenkamenar

    @stephenkamenar

    2 жыл бұрын

    nobody cares

  • @sdHansy

    @sdHansy

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@stephenkamenar Is what your dad said to you.

  • @DissociatedWomenIncorporated

    @DissociatedWomenIncorporated

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@sdHansy you’re gonna spend eight years in jail for _that_ burn, savage! 😂

  • @jpaugh64

    @jpaugh64

    2 жыл бұрын

    Don't feel so bad. As a software dev, I have had to ask IT help desk to help me connect to an office printer! 😭🤣

  • @theenzoferrari458

    @theenzoferrari458

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@sdHansy get a life. He's right. Nobody cares.

  • @eliorahg
    @eliorahg2 жыл бұрын

    I remember back in 2016 I was on a train journey in the middle of nowhere in Ukraine, and a network popped on the list called "D**k to you and not WiFi", it was a stereotypical Slavic swearing. The fact that it was available for an extended period of time made me (and nearby passengers) surprised because it clearly didn't come from a nearby town, at the moment we thought someone lodged a tablet in the train's wheel mechanism. Now it all makes sense.

  • @Lowkeyyshorts
    @Lowkeyyshorts2 жыл бұрын

    I genuinely thought it was wireless fidelity 😂 All those years I’ve been deceived

  • @DroneConflict

    @DroneConflict

    2 жыл бұрын

    I prefer Wireless Fireless

  • @kaitlyn__L

    @kaitlyn__L

    2 жыл бұрын

    The marketing company did base it on HiFi, so it’s understandable for folks to cross-apply the Fi from HiFi into WiFi… but yeah it doesn’t strictly mean Anything

  • @thespiffingamerican

    @thespiffingamerican

    2 жыл бұрын

    From a english standpoint it is

  • @tncorgi92

    @tncorgi92

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same here. I figured it had to stand for that, otherwise it's kind of a silly name.

  • @TimlegoStudios

    @TimlegoStudios

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@elena8341 agree

  • @absentmindedjwc
    @absentmindedjwc2 жыл бұрын

    "Free and public and totally not a means of stealing all your information because it is unsecured WiFi"

  • @notmilenakos

    @notmilenakos

    2 жыл бұрын

    Https exists

  • @skie6282

    @skie6282

    2 жыл бұрын

    It wasn't known about or popular 10+ years ago

  • @GamingWithUncleJon

    @GamingWithUncleJon

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@skie6282 wrong.

  • @skie6282

    @skie6282

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Jon Tevington meant to reply about https, maybe I am wrong though, didnt seem common back then

  • @GamingWithUncleJon

    @GamingWithUncleJon

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@skie6282 It's been fairly common since the early 2000s. Though nonsecured sites are getting much less common. You may not have paid attention, but it's been there.

  • @dmacpher
    @dmacpher2 жыл бұрын

    Free wifi: A False Hope

  • @joshnabours9102

    @joshnabours9102

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's not a false hope. It's a trap!

  • @kanedaku

    @kanedaku

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@joshnabours9102 Depends on how secure your device is. I connect to free wifi when in areas with bad mobile signal - I wont do any banking _just in case_ but I'm confident of my devices security.

  • @joshnabours9102

    @joshnabours9102

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kanedaku one of the risks of connecting to open wifi is that it opens your device up to man in the middle and site cross scripting type attacks. A hacker can put their website in-between your device and the intended website you want to reach and use that to cause your device to run malicious computer software. Arbitrary software that can do any number of things, including logging your entered passwords, downloading your photos off your device, causing your device to mine bitcoin for the hacker, or setting up ransomware on the device. In fact most modern processors are affected by 2 bugs known as specter and meltdown that allow arbitrary access to information in your device's memory.

  • @kanedaku

    @kanedaku

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@joshnabours9102 Fully aware of MITM, that's exactly why I stated your security *depends* on your device. I connect to free wifi when necessary but I don't use any unsecure browsers, programs or apps. So what I maybe missed out, was the human factor, which _I foolishly presumed would be common knowledge._ So yes, free wifi could be a trap if you use your device without a care, but for anyone with some knowledge, free wifi is fine. Refer to the first word of my original reply.

  • @joshnabours9102

    @joshnabours9102

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kanedaku I was more hoping to get across the idea that no device is really secure. Especially so with the info on the meltdown and spectre bugs that likely effect almost all modern processors and is not operating system or even hardware manufacturer specific. Also the fact that you can use your device with care and within the protective limits your computer knowledge provides and still get hacked.

  • @realhawaii5o
    @realhawaii5o2 жыл бұрын

    FBI SURVEILLANCE VAN is literally the SSID of my network.

  • @KafshakTashtak

    @KafshakTashtak

    2 жыл бұрын

    I had it too.

  • @csours
    @csours2 жыл бұрын

    The video of picking a VHS cassette is actually a reversed sequence of setting a VHS cassette down.

  • @kirkkerman

    @kirkkerman

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's because no one has actually picked up a VHS cassette in over 15 years, so there wasn't any footage available.

  • @mjolk1681
    @mjolk16812 жыл бұрын

    That sponsorship was the biggest plot twist in KZread history. I was totally expecting a VPN sponsor.

  • @Lvjy

    @Lvjy

    2 жыл бұрын

    I completely believed it would be nordvpn

  • @nolinsearls
    @nolinsearls2 жыл бұрын

    A math teacher at my school has his own wifi network, and the wifi name is “FBI Surveillance”

  • @kanedaku

    @kanedaku

    2 жыл бұрын

    Over the years I've had FBI Surveillance Van (and I'm not in the US). Back in the mid 2000s you'd have website articles with funny wifi names and that would always be on the list.

  • @squishy_
    @squishy_2 жыл бұрын

    I'm surprised a vpn services didn't sponsor this video

  • @witchofengineering
    @witchofengineering2 жыл бұрын

    0:35 That pierced right through my heart

  • @pottyputter05
    @pottyputter052 жыл бұрын

    This was an amazingly simple attack vector back then. The video overcooked the idea that sp3 wasn't widely adopted by those on a laptop they took with them outside of work and home. This would make them a more advanced user by default than your grandmother on AIM whom you try to click offline fast enough to dodge.

  • @MrPatatoThe7th
    @MrPatatoThe7th2 жыл бұрын

    How is a video that's literally about public wifi not sponsored by a vpn company

  • @AbsolXGuardian
    @AbsolXGuardian2 жыл бұрын

    Suprised to see a vulnerability in a free public wifi that isn't one you'd expect

  • @ryanstone6495
    @ryanstone64952 жыл бұрын

    1:33 No. WiFi is not when a router sends out a signal! It’s when an AP sends out a signal. Crappy routers sometimes have APs built in, but good ones don’t.

  • @htcmlcrip
    @htcmlcrip2 жыл бұрын

    Fun fact. In London, UK, we have plenty of free public WiFi. Some actually are called public WiFi which are free to use (can't recall any called exactly ""free public WiFi" but most are close enough. Usually is " free wifi" or " free but WiFi" (or whatever company providing it, drops their name next to " free wifi" )

  • @konstantinlindner1037

    @konstantinlindner1037

    2 жыл бұрын

    every country has this bro

  • @htcmlcrip

    @htcmlcrip

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@konstantinlindner1037 no.fact. want me to list counties/ 0la es/areas where it is t too common ?

  • @psychosomaticstatic

    @psychosomaticstatic

    2 жыл бұрын

    I've been to a couple of towns in the US that have a singular free wifi network that covers most/all of the town

  • @anotidaisheneilmisi904
    @anotidaisheneilmisi9042 жыл бұрын

    You have to know IT and comedy to really feel the That's What She SSID joke in the thumbnail 😂

  • @jimsvideos7201
    @jimsvideos72012 жыл бұрын

    0:40 Ooooof. Don't be like that, he'll be back with smokes soon, he said he would.

  • @crazyt1483
    @crazyt14832 жыл бұрын

    Over the past few months I’ve noticed the largest problem that come from the computer world are just from features that where never thought through.

  • @trollme.trollmehard.9524

    @trollme.trollmehard.9524

    2 жыл бұрын

    The whole thing is based on trust (nobody would hurt a beautiful new innocent tech project, would they?)...then adding haphazard patches as you find out the world indeed will. Weirdly similar to how we bring up kids, almost like it's a philosophy or something.

  • @hii929_
    @hii929_2 жыл бұрын

    This channel is like making some unknown and insignificant things so interesting because you’re putting many details to it which make me watch more of these Keep up the great work

  • @ChineseKiwi
    @ChineseKiwi2 жыл бұрын

    When you aren't in North America and thus public wifi is now reduntant as mobile data is so beyond cheap. I get full 4G/5G 55GB for ~$23 USD in Australia. And any unused data is banked and rolls over month by month. This is even cheaper in European and African countries. And the mobile tethering thing is only really a US thing.

  • @jpaugh64

    @jpaugh64

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nice!

  • @jordan4777

    @jordan4777

    2 жыл бұрын

    I live in America and I get unlimited mobile data for $50 USD. I also don’t understand why people would need “free public wifi” these days.

  • @ChineseKiwi

    @ChineseKiwi

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jordan4777 "unlimited" but restricted speed or coverage or has tethering limits isn't true "unlimited"

  • @EnderofGames

    @EnderofGames

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jordan4777 Kids, and people not using their phones but their laptops/game devices. But this has also dropped off recently. And I don't just mean that no one goes outside for free wifi. This was something I remember being very common in 2008-2012. I don't think I've seen one since 2015, maybe even before that.

  • @johnpaulreyes6200
    @johnpaulreyes62002 жыл бұрын

    And then there's me creating a free hotspot named "FREE WIFI" on every public place, then setting the megabyte limit to 1mb.

  • @sjf21
    @sjf212 жыл бұрын

    “I-E-E-E” instead of “I-triple-E” physically hurt me

  • @Lilithe
    @Lilithe2 жыл бұрын

    So many of these videos keep getting made. I bought one of the first commonly available consumer WiFi cards and set up an AdHoc network at Trent U in the early 2000s. Wanting to share the Trent LAN with anyone who wanted to use WiFi back in the day, I set up an AdHoc network named "Free Public WiFi" on my Win98 laptop. Well, lo and behold a few years later I saw that exact same WiFi Adhoc network hosted by someone else, and then at an airport, and then... you get the idea. I have no idea if I actually originated this, but I think I might have started at least one node of it.

  • @KhazilSurya
    @KhazilSurya2 жыл бұрын

    0:38 "Well, I'm here today to do what your father never would: validate your feelings". Meanwhile meh so-called "dad" who went to buy milk: validate feelings, huh?

  • @ncik515
    @ncik5152 жыл бұрын

    watching this on free public wifi

  • @hgbugalou
    @hgbugalou2 жыл бұрын

    We had this show up at work which was part of a hotel. In IT we thought this was a nefarious man in the middle scam because we did not setup such an SSID. We even had our IT security team come in with Air Magnets. We never were able to to find it though due to this chain of events. It all roots to people doing this to man in the middle people in public areas before the days of widespread https, cert pinning, and VPNs. We knew about the scam, but not about how it starts a chain reaction and "spreads".

  • @David-di5bo
    @David-di5bo2 жыл бұрын

    0:20 Yeah I'm definitely stealing "Bill Wi the Science Fi" and "LAN Down Under"

  • @kaitlyn__L
    @kaitlyn__L2 жыл бұрын

    Oh great, my comment about wireless LANs somehow got picked up by the spam filter. But this one, without any of the info I put into the other one, will probably go through just fine. Ugh

  • @joshuacollins385

    @joshuacollins385

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yep. KZread is worthless. Worst is when the 'people who follow a modern version of an ideology that was really popular during the 30s in that one European country' can spread their opinions and propaganda because they've got to keep it slightly veiled anyway, but pointing out what ideology they're spreading talking points from will get your comments removed.

  • @jibraankidwai3291
    @jibraankidwai32912 жыл бұрын

    at 0:41 when you said dad don’t validate your feelings, it hit hard-

  • @Sena-pi
    @Sena-pi2 жыл бұрын

    I remember back in Windows XP days if you manually add the wireless Network Linksys you could connect to the WIFI. Only worked if you manually added the network.

  • @Deltarious
    @Deltarious2 жыл бұрын

    "No three words since 'Star Wars Prequels' have ever created such enormous hope followed by such immediate disappointment' Have you tried "Star Wars *Sequels* "?

  • @balapolitica
    @balapolitica2 жыл бұрын

    I love how Sam mix advertising with his content and/or personal life

  • @loafuscrambuckle
    @loafuscrambuckle2 жыл бұрын

    A lot of the places in my smaller town do have free Wi-Fi that actually works so this was really surprising to me, never had it work in big cities or in big chains tho.

  • @loadshedding_
    @loadshedding_2 жыл бұрын

    "That's what she SSID"😂

  • @SaranshTiku1
    @SaranshTiku12 жыл бұрын

    I’ve seen this Doctor Who episode. Don’t join it, you get sucked into a faceless robot

  • @imark7777777
    @imark77777772 жыл бұрын

    Before sp3 there was an individual update that would fix this. I remember manually patching systems as I didn't want my temporary mac Network to get massively reproduced on my friends Windows computers. Nowadays I just suspected it would be a common network name for hackers to use as well as those still never updated Windows xp computers most likely very common in airports.

  • @TheLostProbe
    @TheLostProbe2 жыл бұрын

    the "fbi surveillance van" network in the thumbnail is kinda funny because my neighbor's wifi is "asio surveillance van" lol

  • @oopsy444
    @oopsy4442 жыл бұрын

    I needed that feeling validation. Ty HaI

  • @myrrdyn
    @myrrdyn2 жыл бұрын

    love the Amiga 500 at 1:56

  • @jryde421
    @jryde4212 жыл бұрын

    "What dose wifi stand for" is a question to go around asking to see who knows

  • @urldroidsuperbot2139
    @urldroidsuperbot21392 жыл бұрын

    Hello Fresh or other delivered food uses too much packaging - environmentally not good. All this packaging for just one meal. Better to shop in grocers for one week and make food by following recipes.

  • @_w_w_

    @_w_w_

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes! It's kind of sad coming from a great KZreadr that is all about science, facts and good judgement.

  • @stevie8271

    @stevie8271

    2 жыл бұрын

    also some more news stopped taking sponsorships from hellofresh cuz they like unionbusting iirc lol

  • @passingthorough7667

    @passingthorough7667

    2 жыл бұрын

    The packaging is recycled, and is recyclable. The food you get from the grocery store is also usually packaged in some way. A study by the University of Michigan found that Hello Fresh is more environmentally friendly than the going to the grocery store as it significantly reduces food waste.

  • @_w_w_

    @_w_w_

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@passingthorough7667 That study is pretty old and concluded the "improvement" attributed to food waste, and less on transportation and negative on plastic waste. Food waste is a solvable issue both at production and consumption ends. I also looked at relevant food waste studies - those figures were for the entire food industry, and less of it by user throwing away food at home. Also, I spend a chunk of work time looking at "recyclng" for broad spectrum of things, and the sad story is American's recycle is not factual, it's only for "feel good"... once collected, we don't really recycle/reuse the material, and therefore packaging disposal is a huge issue. In addition, the study attribute "last-mile" logistics as also a key why meal kit does better but that's no longer the case. With COVID, home grocery delivery has grown and "last-mile" advantage of meal kit is no longer there...

  • @passingthorough7667

    @passingthorough7667

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@_w_w_ Thanks for the well thought out response. Seems to me that you've done more research into this than I have, so I'll take your word for it.

  • @neilsiebenthal9254
    @neilsiebenthal92542 жыл бұрын

    You REALLY wanted a reason to run that ad 😂 I respect your hustle.

  • @falren9360
    @falren9360 Жыл бұрын

    I looked at the title of the video and genuinely thought that an insect was generating fake free public wifi signals.

  • @Nooticus
    @Nooticus2 жыл бұрын

    This video is honestly one of the best on the HAI channel

  • @jonas1015119
    @jonas10151192 жыл бұрын

    the WiFi thing always bugged me, in Germany its just called WLAN for Wireless LAN (probably helps that we dont pronounce W as 'double u' because that makes for awful acronyms)

  • @G_FRE

    @G_FRE

    2 жыл бұрын

    How do you pronounce it?

  • @jonas1015119

    @jonas1015119

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@G_FRE more like "ve", but softer

  • @warriormes6012

    @warriormes6012

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@G_FRE kinda like "way-lawn"

  • @reedr1659
    @reedr16592 жыл бұрын

    This is easily one of the best channels that pop up in my feed.

  • @jordansean18
    @jordansean182 жыл бұрын

    I love that the Amiga 1000 is the example of a standard computer 😂

  • @Jun0Man

    @Jun0Man

    2 жыл бұрын

    Except it is an Amiga 500 but yeah, neither had WiFi. An Amiga 1000 was my standard computer for a long time though.

  • @jordansean18

    @jordansean18

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Jun0Man you know I actually typed A500 and then gave it the benefit of the doubt and thought it was a 1000 lol I had an A600 as a kid

  • @jpaugh64

    @jpaugh64

    2 жыл бұрын

    I love how Sam makes so many obscure jokes per second that only a fraction of his audience are familiar enough with to catch on. I believe he intentionally uses juxtaposition, so that the audience can discover jokes that he wasn't actually aware of while producing it.

  • @mobiusloop

    @mobiusloop

    2 жыл бұрын

    I was looking for this comment and I found it, I’m happy.

  • @NoOne-gc5ot
    @NoOne-gc5ot2 жыл бұрын

    The Amiga 500s were a nice touch.

  • @christophegaudreau24
    @christophegaudreau242 жыл бұрын

    For a moment, I really hoped this was a story about a bettle on a radio antena that created the wifi

  • @aell.e
    @aell.e2 жыл бұрын

    Your editing is flawless, coupled with the puns I believe you can make any topic more than half interesting 😊

  • @WinVisten
    @WinVisten2 жыл бұрын

    This is new to me too and I went to college for this sort of stuff... not that my knowledge is rusty or anything? -it certainly is- But damn, your transitions from the video topic into your personal life and then into an ad are as slick as an F-22 coming in to blow my wallet out of the sky with its ADRAAMs.(haha, it's a pun: AMRAAM, an air-to-air missile, and ad, for advertisement, get it? XD)

  • @lorrygoth
    @lorrygoth2 жыл бұрын

    My dad left when I was 1 but this channel is informative and hilarious.

  • @kanedaku

    @kanedaku

    2 жыл бұрын

    Jeebus this comment made my day!

  • @turdboi42O
    @turdboi42O2 жыл бұрын

    Can‘t believe this wasn’t sponsored by a vpn

  • @Darkhalo314
    @Darkhalo3142 жыл бұрын

    I remember learning about this in my networking/cyber security classes

  • @jasedxyz
    @jasedxyz2 жыл бұрын

    "Hey dude, do you have IEE 802.11b Direct Sequence at your house?" "Nah, do You have IEE 802.11b Direct Sequence at YOUR house?" "No, that's why I asked you if you had IEE 802.11b Direct Sequence." "Well I don't have IEE 802.11b Direct Sequence."

  • @mduvigneaud
    @mduvigneaud2 жыл бұрын

    Hah, I've been using "Free Public WiFi" as my SSID for years, poking fun at this bug, but that's in hostapd on Linux using a TP-Link WiFi card in AP mode.

  • @4thalt
    @4thalt Жыл бұрын

    I love how a few of these videos has a little plot/mini storyline to go along with the info, like this one has the subplot of someone being stuck in MrBeast's old squid game set

  • @JoostStam
    @JoostStam2 жыл бұрын

    Missed opportunity to plug a VPN provider Sam from Wendover. Cool video 🤙🏻

  • @Bevalderon
    @Bevalderon2 жыл бұрын

    With the greatest respect to your wonderful video. That "meal" from Hello Fresh looked sad and awful.

  • @_w_w_

    @_w_w_

    2 жыл бұрын

    OMG, that's exactly what I was thinking. That is one sad looking orangey meal.

  • @jpaugh64

    @jpaugh64

    2 жыл бұрын

    It looked like a delicious, very small portion to me.

  • @birdbon3s
    @birdbon3s2 жыл бұрын

    Funny that the thumbnail has “FBI Surveillance Van” cuz that’s exactly what ours was for a long time. My dad drives a black sprinter van and it just made perfect sense

  • @xp8969
    @xp89692 жыл бұрын

    IEEE 802.11b is the best Atari Teenage Riot album

  • @alcarbo8613
    @alcarbo86132 жыл бұрын

    Oh come on, I come to your channel to learn cool fun facts not outdated mocking of a pretty good movie trilogy

  • @skywalkerorder2170

    @skywalkerorder2170

    2 жыл бұрын

    *misunderstood and at least ok movie trilogy. Other than that I think you’re correct.

  • @justinberdell7517
    @justinberdell75172 жыл бұрын

    The prequels are a master class in world building. Most people by now acknowledge they're much better than they got credit for in the beginning. Even before the sequel trilogy made them look excellent by comparison. Personally I always liked them. It's mostly older people that don't like them, but they complain about everything so they don't count

  • @Okane-bl3ey

    @Okane-bl3ey

    2 жыл бұрын

    Very true

  • @lxndrlbr

    @lxndrlbr

    2 жыл бұрын

    The fact that you consider the prequels not bad because the sequels were tremendously bad is a strawman on fire in the Sarlacc pit. The originals (well, ESB objectively and ANH in its own way) were good, the prequels were insufferable and the sequels are made of what was bad in the originals AND the prequels. If ever there was "phoning in" it was these marketing ejaculate. Now, the extended universe is another thing: you can take the good and leave the bad. But oh Belzebuth how do I remember the cries of agony of every fan when Qui Gon started going on about midichlorians, and the rage toward Jar Jar, the most infamous character of the whole decade!

  • @justinberdell7517

    @justinberdell7517

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@lxndrlbr you can't read. Try again

  • @77seven77

    @77seven77

    2 жыл бұрын

    I disagree. The prequels were garbage and had terrible characters, especially 1 and 2. The sequels weren't really good, but 7 was decent

  • @JamEngulfer

    @JamEngulfer

    2 жыл бұрын

    I agree. The prequels built so much of the Star Wars universe that we know today.

  • @rh5829
    @rh58292 жыл бұрын

    😅 Thx for sharing something that I never knew about or probably will never see

  • @JoeCensored
    @JoeCensored2 жыл бұрын

    Lol, I remember waiting at airports and always failing to connect to anything through "Free Public Wifi" several times, to the point I gave up even trying no matter if I saw it or not.

  • @MarcTheDeveloper
    @MarcTheDeveloper2 жыл бұрын

    4:45 That close up shot of that bug scared the heck outta me 😨

  • @BojanMilic84
    @BojanMilic84 Жыл бұрын

    "Bill Wi the science Fi" got me loling. There are some really funny writers there.

  • @MangoChannel
    @MangoChannel2 жыл бұрын

    So that's why my train station's WiFi never works...

  • @MangoChannel

    @MangoChannel

    2 жыл бұрын

    Uh-huh

  • @Freedomsquadforever
    @Freedomsquadforever2 жыл бұрын

    4:50 ...and then comes the BER, the Berlin Airport...

  • @NerdJam
    @NerdJam2 жыл бұрын

    Why would Sam From Half As interesting update Sam From Wendover's channel? That would make NO sense.

  • @lstt89
    @lstt892 жыл бұрын

    Seriously, seriously? This time, of all times, you're not sponsored by NordVPN? YOU HAD THE PERFECT SEGUE, DANGNABBIT!

  • @Killertator
    @Killertator2 жыл бұрын

    Very nice, great time doing video watching

  • @adrianarnold4552
    @adrianarnold45522 жыл бұрын

    This is a real “Grand Moff Tarkin in Rogue One” situation

  • @csours
    @csours2 жыл бұрын

    My neighbor's SSID is Searching... My SSID is Searching..

  • @harrisontu264
    @harrisontu2642 жыл бұрын

    I bet the first guy who made the node absolutely knew what they were doing, and planned it as an epic prayink on the world.

  • @T.h.w.T
    @T.h.w.T2 жыл бұрын

    Yes, the announcement of the sequels followed by the release of info on them, and then the movies themselves

  • @InfinityBS
    @InfinityBS2 жыл бұрын

    The thumbnail is absolutely legendary

  • @monad_tcp
    @monad_tcp2 жыл бұрын

    You're in a airport, stay away from people 6 feet, proceeds to enter a closed metal cylinder which also flies but where people sit 1 feet from each other...

  • @itryen7632
    @itryen76322 жыл бұрын

    OH MY GOD THAT THUMBNAIL PUN LMAO

  • @FaerieDust
    @FaerieDust2 жыл бұрын

    I got lucky enough to have good eduroam coverage back in the day, and now mobile data is so cheap that I only need WiFi when travelling outside of the EU - a pretty rare occurrence for me these days. I used to use a UK 3 pay as you go SIM with a data pack add-on when I travelled semi-regularly to the US, but idk if that's still a thing... But yeah, I don't hook up to networks I don't recognize, even if it's just like the coffee shop I'm at or something. Still not best practice in terms of internet security, but at least better than a random mystery network 🤷‍♀️ Ideally I try to find a local prepaid SIM with data, or I just suck it up and very sparingly pay the roaming charges when I absolutely must and use my hotel WiFi when I'm there.

  • @_pitako
    @_pitako2 жыл бұрын

    Honestly the biggest thing I learned was WiFi doesn't stand for Wireless Fibre

  • @jaredkennedy6576
    @jaredkennedy65762 жыл бұрын

    So now when you see this, the proper protocol is to stand up, look around, and yell "WHO IS RUNNING XP IN HERE‽"

  • @siljeff2708
    @siljeff27082 жыл бұрын

    Free Public Wi-Fi sounds like a Monopoly spot

  • @Heliocentric
    @Heliocentric2 жыл бұрын

    The entire city of Minneapolis is on Free public wifi. Are you jealous? I can pirate movies on the city's dime. Ha ha ha

  • @ilovejkstudios231
    @ilovejkstudios2312 жыл бұрын

    0:20 IM DYING THESE ARE GREAT

  • @spicymemes911
    @spicymemes9112 жыл бұрын

    the obama joke is the best joke on this channel by far

  • @geezerdiamond
    @geezerdiamond2 жыл бұрын

    Nice use of Amiga 500s! +10 points 👍😁

  • @shaneintegra
    @shaneintegra2 жыл бұрын

    It's best not to connect to "guest networks" or other free wifi hotspots unless you know what your doing. Creating a hotspot with the similar SSID and attacking people on it is EXTREMELY easy.

  • @silverXnoise
    @silverXnoise2 жыл бұрын

    No food waste, just a fuckload of little plastic baggies to throw into the ocean. Thanks Hello Fresh!

  • @chrstfer2452
    @chrstfer24522 жыл бұрын

    Haha this is awesome, great video.