Whatever happened to attwifi?

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

Yooo me too, thanks for unlocking a memory

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

@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.

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

@@DaimyoD0 He's the engine

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

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

Something only an American could do

That is awesome.

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

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

@@lesleyvids2610 Same xD

@@LeviForWaifu Roasted

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.

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

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

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

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

video went 0-100 really fast 💀

I wasn't ready

*chord

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

F#

damn

Well done Sean, lol

your computer is possibly patient zero lol

Thanks, Obama

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.

Only if... nevermind.

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.

Wdym FAKE?!??!

@@theechickengamerz wot

It's weird that it's ONLY happened twice

@@theechickengamerz wdpauawtcjttw?

I see the reference 👀

nobody cares

@@stephenkamenar Is what your dad said to you.

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

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! 😭🤣

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

Holy molly

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

He already did that in Japan video about prefectures in sponsorship

When does he admit this? What minute?

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

I prefer Wireless Fireless

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

From a english standpoint it is

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

@@elena8341 agree

Https exists

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

@@skie6282 wrong.

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

@@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.

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

@@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.

@@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.

@@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.

@@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.

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

I had it too.

I completely believed it would be nordvpn

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.

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.

every country has this bro

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

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

Yep. KZfaq 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.

Nice!

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.

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

@@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.

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

@@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

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.

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

How do you pronounce it?

@@G_FRE more like "ve", but softer

@@G_FRE kinda like "way-lawn"

Jeebus this comment made my day!

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

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

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.

@@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...

@@_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.

Uh-huh

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

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

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

Very true

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!

@@lxndrlbr you can't read. Try again

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

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