Question
The Broadpwn (“BROAD-pone”) worm could theoretically spread between devices by turning them into these things. The website wigle.net, spelled W-I-G-L-E, hosts an anonymously-submitted database of these things. Matt Jones created a system inspired by hobo symbols where icons like two back-to-back semicircles are drawn in chalk near these things. Hak5 makes a “rogue” example of these things called a Pineapple used for pentesting, which was featured in season 4 of Silicon Valley. The Kismet and KisMAC programs can detect these things, and the popular tool suite (*) Aircrack-ng is used to analyze their security. Actions like warbiking and wardriving involve traveling with a GPS device to discover these things. These things are identified by their service set identifier, or SSID. For 10 points, WEP and WPA encryption are used to secure what locations from people trying to get free Internet access? ■END■
ANSWER: Wi-Fi access points [accept any answer mentioning Wi-Fi networks or hotspots; prompt on answers like “access points”, “wireless networks”, “hotspots”, “wireless local area networks”, or “WLANs” with “using what protocol or standard?”; prompt on “routers” with “what kind of thing does the router act as?”; accept 802.11 WLANs]
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= Average correct buzz position
| Conv. % | Power % | Average Buzz |
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| 100% | 40% | 94.20 |
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