attwifi Impersonation Experiment
attwifi Impersonation Experiment I recently decided to conduct a little experiment in the name of science (or security, tech-geek curiosity, take your pick). As many of you may already know, AT&T is behind many of the publicly available wifi hotspots located everywhere at places like Starbucks, McDonalds, etc. For AT&T iPhone users, the first time that you connect to one of these hot spots, with an SSID of attwifi, your phone is then configured to automatically connect to these networks whenever they come in range so that you can get faster connectivity and avoid data usage charges on your 3G plans. Convenient, right? Well, security and convenience have always butted heads together, causing headaches for all of those involved. And thats where I come in. I was wondering how many devices I could get to automatically connect to a wifi network that I was broadcasting from my backpack on my normal commuting route, which includes about a 3 mile drive, 25 ...