OT: Printer SPAM?

Leo J Mauler webgiant at juno.com
Thu Apr 15 14:42:14 CDT 2004


So I'm sitting here securing my wireless network, and just for fun I look
around at the other wireless networks in the neighborhood.

And there are two other wireless networks in the neighborhood, neither
one is secured, and both have network printers accessible via Samba
without passwords.

So I'm thinking about this, that I can print anything I want to their
printers from the safety and security of my own home.  I could moon them
over the wireless network, or send their printers letters and photos from
"the other woman".  Or print SPAM on their printers.

So what with email becoming a chore and laws cracking down on spammers,
and existing fax laws probably not applying to printing to network
printers over a wireless network, anyone else think someone will come up
with SPAM print jobs by sitting in a parking lot and printing to all the
local wireless printers?  

"Warspamming"? 

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