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wardriving

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(security)wardriving - (From wardialer in the "carrier scanner" sense of that word) To drive around with a laptop with a wireless card, and an antenna, looking for accessible wireless networks.
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It is also used for passive stumbling, a technique used in wardriving where the wireless card listens for base stations instead of actively probing them to determine their presence.
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As criminals latch onto wardriving, laws and law enforcement agencies lag behind.
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net A more modern and capable wardriving program, Kismet works with many Wi-Fi cards.
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