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

Поделиться
HTML-код
  • Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024

Комментарии • 782

  • @zoepentaleri
    @zoepentaleri 2 года назад +3375

    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 года назад +105

      Whatever happened to attwifi?

    • @Ro_Gaming
      @Ro_Gaming 2 года назад +82

      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 года назад +48

      Yooo me too, thanks for unlocking a memory

    • @jdatlas4668
      @jdatlas4668 2 года назад +102

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

    • @jdatlas4668
      @jdatlas4668 2 года назад +55

      @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
    @GamePlague 2 года назад +967

    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 года назад +65

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

    • @scrambledmandible
      @scrambledmandible 2 года назад +130

      @@DaimyoD0 He's the engine

    • @youtubestyle293
      @youtubestyle293 2 года назад +4

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

    • @ashmellow78
      @ashmellow78 2 года назад +24

      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 года назад +1

      Something only an American could do

  • @maxstr
    @maxstr 2 года назад +388

    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 года назад +56

      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 года назад +18

      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

    • @Paradoxe_0
      @Paradoxe_0 2 года назад +8

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

    • @DrReinardReihnart
      @DrReinardReihnart 2 года назад +1

      @@Paradoxe_0 well sometimes it is free, atleast for 100mb per day....

    • @sodiboo
      @sodiboo 2 года назад +2

      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
    @StrokeMahEgo 2 года назад +134

    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 года назад +4

      Only if... nevermind.

    • @Jishnubomb
      @Jishnubomb 3 месяца назад +4

      If I'm not mistaken, each creation of "Free Public WiFi" is it's own WANET node... So all Free Public WiFi's aren't connected.

    • @KafshakTashtak
      @KafshakTashtak 2 месяца назад

      But which one will connect them to the internet? They're all just connected to each other.

    • @Jishnubomb
      @Jishnubomb 2 месяца назад +3

      ​@@KafshakTashtak The internet is just a bunch of servers and computers connected to each other, so...

    • @thepenguin9
      @thepenguin9 Месяц назад +1

      ​@@Jishnubomba good ol' series of tubes

  • @Halotaku
    @Halotaku 2 года назад +1401

    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 года назад +15

      Wdym FAKE?!??!

    • @whirrrl
      @whirrrl 2 года назад +2

      @@theechickengamerz wot

    • @eskewroberts7663
      @eskewroberts7663 2 года назад +37

      It's weird that it's ONLY happened twice

    • @nunya___
      @nunya___ 2 года назад

      @@theechickengamerz wdpauawtcjttw?

    • @mubasshir
      @mubasshir 2 года назад +10

      I see the reference 👀

  • @JouvaMoufette
    @JouvaMoufette 2 года назад +261

    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 года назад +6

      Holy molly

    • @rooney0423
      @rooney0423 2 года назад +25

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

    • @bhavikgoyal6843
      @bhavikgoyal6843 2 года назад +8

      He already did that in Japan video about prefectures in sponsorship

    • @youtubestyle293
      @youtubestyle293 2 года назад +5

      When does he admit this? What minute?

    • @GoinGreninja
      @GoinGreninja 2 года назад +9

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

  • @eliorahg
    @eliorahg 2 года назад +24

    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.

  • @absentmindedjwc
    @absentmindedjwc 2 года назад +202

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

    • @notmilenakos
      @notmilenakos 2 года назад +16

      Https exists

    • @skie6282
      @skie6282 2 года назад +1

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

    • @GamingWithUncleJon
      @GamingWithUncleJon 2 года назад +1

      @@skie6282 wrong.

    • @skie6282
      @skie6282 2 года назад

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

    • @GamingWithUncleJon
      @GamingWithUncleJon 2 года назад +1

      @@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
    @dmacpher 2 года назад +120

    Free wifi: A False Hope

    • @joshnabours9102
      @joshnabours9102 2 года назад +4

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

    • @kanedaku
      @kanedaku 2 года назад

      @@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 года назад

      @@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 года назад

      @@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 года назад

      @@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.

  • @mjolk1681
    @mjolk1681 2 года назад +73

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

    • @Lvjy
      @Lvjy 2 года назад +2

      I completely believed it would be nordvpn

  • @MrPatatoThe7th
    @MrPatatoThe7th 2 года назад +39

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

  • @AbsolXGuardian
    @AbsolXGuardian 2 года назад +18

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

  • @witchofengineering
    @witchofengineering 2 года назад +11

    0:35
    That pierced right through my heart

  • @sjf21
    @sjf21 2 года назад +6

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

  • @htcmlcrip
    @htcmlcrip 2 года назад +17

    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 года назад

      every country has this bro

    • @htcmlcrip
      @htcmlcrip 2 года назад

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

    • @psychosomaticstatic
      @psychosomaticstatic 2 года назад +1

      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

  • @johnpaulreyes6200
    @johnpaulreyes6200 2 года назад +4

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

  • @ryanstone6495
    @ryanstone6495 2 года назад +15

    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.

  • @kalexfamily2606
    @kalexfamily2606 Месяц назад +7

    those mrbeast jokes really aged well

  • @anotidaisheneilmisi904
    @anotidaisheneilmisi904 2 года назад +5

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

  • @ncik515
    @ncik515 2 года назад +6

    watching this on free public wifi

  • @xp8969
    @xp8969 2 года назад +2

    IEEE 802.11b is the best Atari Teenage Riot album

  • @jimsvideos7201
    @jimsvideos7201 2 года назад +5

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

  • @jibraankidwai
    @jibraankidwai 2 года назад +3

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

  • @Sena-pi
    @Sena-pi 2 года назад +2

    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.

  • @balapolitica
    @balapolitica 2 года назад +47

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

  • @David-di5bo
    @David-di5bo 2 года назад +2

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

  • @hgbugalou
    @hgbugalou 2 года назад +1

    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".

  • @loafuscrambuckle
    @loafuscrambuckle 2 года назад +5

    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.

  • @falren9360
    @falren9360 Год назад +1

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

  • @justinberdell7517
    @justinberdell7517 2 года назад +27

    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 года назад +1

      Very true

    • @lxndrlbr
      @lxndrlbr 2 года назад +1

      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 года назад

      @@lxndrlbr you can't read. Try again

    • @77seven77
      @77seven77 2 года назад +2

      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 года назад +1

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

  • @SaranshTiku1
    @SaranshTiku1 2 года назад +2

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

  • @hii929_
    @hii929_ 2 года назад +2

    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

  • @Lilithe
    @Lilithe 2 года назад +1

    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.

  • @NoOne-gc5ot
    @NoOne-gc5ot 2 года назад +2

    The Amiga 500s were a nice touch.

  • @TheLostProbe
    @TheLostProbe 2 года назад +1

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

  • @turdboi42O
    @turdboi42O 2 года назад +2

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

  • @christophegaudreau24
    @christophegaudreau24 2 года назад +2

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

  • @jordansean18
    @jordansean18 2 года назад +7

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

    • @Jun0Man
      @Jun0Man 2 года назад +4

      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 года назад +2

      @@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 года назад

      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 года назад

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

  • @timschulz9563
    @timschulz9563 2 года назад +2

    1:24 Don't if it was supposed to be a joke, but it's I triple e.

  • @monad_tcp
    @monad_tcp 2 года назад

    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...

  • @loadshedding_
    @loadshedding_ 2 года назад +6

    "That's what she SSID"😂

  • @Deltarious
    @Deltarious 2 года назад +2

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

  • @_pitako
    @_pitako 2 года назад +1

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

  • @alcarbo8613
    @alcarbo8613 2 года назад +4

    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 года назад

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

  • @jack-is-back
    @jack-is-back 2 года назад +8

    0:04 You mean Sequels?

  • @pottyputter05
    @pottyputter05 2 года назад +24

    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.

  • @TheAbevalle
    @TheAbevalle 2 года назад +2

    Wifi actually stands for wireless fireless

  • @MangoChannel
    @MangoChannel 2 года назад +3

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

  • @urldroidsuperbot2139
    @urldroidsuperbot2139 2 года назад +17

    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 года назад +3

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

    • @stevie8271
      @stevie8271 2 года назад +2

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

    • @passingthorough7667
      @passingthorough7667 2 года назад

      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 года назад +1

      @@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 года назад

      @@_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.

  • @harrisontu264
    @harrisontu264 2 года назад

    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.

  • @neilsiebenthal9254
    @neilsiebenthal9254 2 года назад +1

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

  • @aell.e
    @aell.e 2 года назад +16

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

  • @lstt89
    @lstt89 2 года назад +1

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

  • @jasedxyz
    @jasedxyz 2 года назад

    "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."

  • @NerdJam
    @NerdJam 2 года назад +4

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

  • @siljeff2708
    @siljeff2708 2 года назад

    Free Public Wi-Fi sounds like a Monopoly spot

  • @phytonso9877
    @phytonso9877 9 дней назад

    Free Public Wifi never had the makings of a varsity athlete.

  • @Bevalderon
    @Bevalderon 2 года назад +30

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

    • @_w_w_
      @_w_w_ 2 года назад +4

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

    • @jpaugh64
      @jpaugh64 2 года назад

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

  • @loganvurklemeyer1957
    @loganvurklemeyer1957 2 года назад +1

    And I thought you were talking about a literal insect.

  • @JoeCensored
    @JoeCensored 2 года назад

    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.

  • @mduvigneaud
    @mduvigneaud 2 года назад +5

    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.

  • @csours
    @csours 2 года назад

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

  • @Darkhalo314
    @Darkhalo314 2 года назад

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

  • @BojanMilic84
    @BojanMilic84 Год назад +1

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

  • @calvinbouroughproductions8321
    @calvinbouroughproductions8321 2 года назад +1

    Almost as free as public restrooms

  • @georgecop9538
    @georgecop9538 2 года назад +2

    2:04 That's just a decentralised network

  • @adrianarnold4552
    @adrianarnold4552 2 года назад +1

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

  • @aidanhayes3571
    @aidanhayes3571 2 года назад

    "no words since Star Wars Prequels have created such hope followed by such disappointment". Actually, there have- Star Wars Sequels.

  • @xx_g4m3rsw4g_xx
    @xx_g4m3rsw4g_xx 2 года назад +3

    GET WIFI ANYWHERE YOU GO

  • @itryen7632
    @itryen7632 2 года назад +1

    OH MY GOD THAT THUMBNAIL PUN LMAO

  • @Freedomsquadforever
    @Freedomsquadforever 2 года назад +2

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

  • @eyelandgal
    @eyelandgal 2 года назад

    Where I live, free public wi-fi really is free wi-fi but you get a message saying not to share/access sensitive data

  • @chalkwarrior5542
    @chalkwarrior5542 2 года назад

    this isn't a public wifi network but somewhere in my general area someone has their wifi named "pretty fly for a wifi"

  • @ex0stasis72
    @ex0stasis72 2 года назад +2

    It's worth noting that having a non-visible Wifi network that doesn't broadcast it's SSID is LESS SECURE than visible wifi networks. It just pains a target on your back. With the proper tools, it's easy to detect wifi networks that don't broadcast an SSID, and hiding it just makes the bad guys curious and invites a challenge.

  • @Heliocentric
    @Heliocentric 2 года назад

    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

  • @HoldmyApplejuice
    @HoldmyApplejuice 2 года назад +1

    my sister called McDonalds free wifi 'McDonald's free lies'

  • @jameshunt2617
    @jameshunt2617 2 года назад

    The free public wifi node is a intranet which does connects to a computer using ad-hoc

  • @MajorOutage
    @MajorOutage 2 года назад +15

    Uh, wut? Yes, it's still WiFi. "WiFi" does not indicate anything about the structure of the network, nor the presence of an internet gateway. An ad-hoc wireless LAN using a WiFi radio is still WiFi.
    Please stop perpetuating the myth that "WiFi means internet." It's just wrong and unhelpful.
    Also, "Free public wifi" is an obvious troll job.

    • @kanedaku
      @kanedaku 2 года назад +1

      Yes! I hate that. Millennials saying that they don't have Wi-Fi when they actually mean internet access.

    • @funnyman4744
      @funnyman4744 2 года назад

      definition changed cry about it

    • @kanedaku
      @kanedaku 2 года назад +1

      @@funnyman4744 I think you mean common usage. By FUCKING DEFINITION, wifi is not internet.

    • @funnyman4744
      @funnyman4744 2 года назад

      @@kanedaku cry about it bud, the definition changed and it's too late to change it back

    • @kanedaku
      @kanedaku 2 года назад

      @@funnyman4744 Incorrect. You use wifi to wirelessly connect to a printer, my Amazon remote connects via wifi. You on the internet is one of the idiots we are talking about using the term incorrectly. Go cry to your friends about that.

  • @olekj8665
    @olekj8665 2 года назад +1

    That thumbnail was great lmao

  • @spicymemes911
    @spicymemes911 2 года назад

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

  • @toecurlersupreme
    @toecurlersupreme 2 года назад +1

    GET FREE WIFI ANYWHERE U GO!!!!
    hold up
    brrring ding ding ding ding ding ding ding

  • @rolfviehmann6240
    @rolfviehmann6240 2 года назад

    Fun fact: The German name for WiFi is "WLAN", and it is an actual acronym that stands for "Wireless Local Area Network". I think that's neat since it has an actual meaning, but most people also know the international name. Also funny that we Germans have many English sounding names for things that have an actual English name (but a different one of course).
    For example:
    * Beamer (DE) -> projector (EN)
    * WLAN (DE) -> WiFi (EN)
    * Handy (DE) -> mobile phone/smartphone (EN)
    Who needs German names when you can have special English names that only Germans understand :)
    Also fun fact: Connecting a few computers together via LAN or WiFi can make sense even if none of the computers is connected to the Internet, since you can run (for example) a game server on one of them, and then play together or against each other. This was the normal way to have multiplayer matches when a lot of people did not yet have Internet at home, and it was a lot of fun. We called it "LAN-Party" (another typical German name), and back in the day, we used an actual LAN based on network cables, since WiFi was not mainstream yet. At first, we used Ethernet over coax cables (which was not very reliable, but quite cheap), later we used normal Ethernet patch cables and switches, which was much more reliable and faster, but more expensive. Another benefit was that you could share files between the computers quickly and without anyone outside the LAN being able to track anything. So yes, after the LAN parties, most hard disks where full. The popular drink of all LAN parties was Red Bull, so some LAN parties where even sponsored by them, which was really nice.

  • @torinread1526
    @torinread1526 2 года назад +1

    Would be interesting to know how many people watch this video and wonder what a VHS is.

  • @MarcMitchOfficial
    @MarcMitchOfficial 2 года назад

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

  • @PashaGamingYT
    @PashaGamingYT 2 года назад

    The thumbnail says “That’s what she SSID” and that is hilarious

  • @dixie_rekd9601
    @dixie_rekd9601 2 года назад

    "...networks that did not work." woulda made a far more snappy title.

  • @thenerdycuber
    @thenerdycuber 2 года назад

    Kinda surprised the sponsor WASN"T a VPN service

  • @ScorpionNova
    @ScorpionNova 2 года назад +1

    0:04 Sequels*

  • @alexandernorton693
    @alexandernorton693 26 дней назад

    Star wars prequels are vastly underrated

  • @TotoDG
    @TotoDG 2 года назад +5

    For once, I’m mad that he _didn’t_ get a VPN sponsorship for his video.

  • @rh5829
    @rh5829 2 года назад +3

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

  • @ezelleze6264
    @ezelleze6264 2 года назад

    That father remark hit me pretty hard.

  • @nilsbottjer7129
    @nilsbottjer7129 2 года назад

    In Germany we don't say WiFi we say WLAN all the time, wich is funny because it is also an English abbreviation

  • @WinVisten
    @WinVisten 2 года назад +2

    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)

  • @T.h.w.T
    @T.h.w.T 2 года назад

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

  • @Scratch-zx1bw
    @Scratch-zx1bw 2 года назад

    Waluigi isn't even related to mario, wario and luigi, he just kinda showed up for tennis one time

  • @reedr1659
    @reedr1659 2 года назад

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

  • @shiqialexshen8464
    @shiqialexshen8464 2 года назад

    oh yeah, the free public Wi-Fi.. so many horrible memories ...

  • @Helladamnleet
    @Helladamnleet 2 года назад

    Ahhh the good old days when it was more common to see an unlocked wifi than a locked one because people either didn't know, didn't care, or knew that most people who could afford the cards probably had their own network.

  • @SolarDaisy
    @SolarDaisy 2 года назад +1

    jokes on you i update regularly