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I’m putting a WiFi router into a wall charger

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Re: I’m putting a WiFi router into a wall charger

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While I’m unsure how it would pick up anything useful I can certainly see how it would work in an enterprise office.

I’ve worked in the public sector for decades, and if you left an iPhone charger somewhere in an open office space, it would get used by someone.

Slip a few of those chargers into one of our massive orders for hardware and no one would ever find out.

Re: I’m putting a WiFi router into a wall charger

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How can you leave that 'in a McDonalds for days'? I bet it would be nicked within the hour (by someone thinking it's just a charger).

Perhaps a wall-plug air-freshener form factor would last longer?

Even better (or worse?) hide it behind the faceplate, a little more work but certainly better hidden! Just turn up in a yellow jacket, official looking lanyard and tools...

Re: I’m putting a WiFi router into a wall charger

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post #11

While I’m unsure how it would pick up anything useful I can certainly see how it would work in an enterprise office. I’ve worked in the public sector for decades, and if you left an iPhone charger somewhere in an open office space, it would get used by someone. Slip a few of those chargers into one of our massive orders for hardware and no one would ever find out.

Yeah, stuxnet type of distribution, you keep few of them around the office "dropped on the pavement" and chance of success is quite high

Re: I’m putting a WiFi router into a wall charger

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post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Perhaps a wall-plug air-freshener form factor would last longer?

Even better (or worse?) hide it behind the faceplate, a little more work but certainly better hidden! Just turn up in a yellow jacket, official looking lanyard and tools...

Don’t forget to bring a clipboard.

Re: I’m putting a WiFi router into a wall charger

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Even better (or worse?) hide it behind the faceplate, a little more work but certainly better hidden! Just turn up in a yellow jacket, official looking lanyard and tools...

Don’t forget to bring a clipboard.

You laugh, but when I was in graduate school working long hours, if I needed a break from the PhD's who controlled me, I would go to a random building with a clipboard and one other item (flashlight, red pen, sometimes just a stick) and find a dark room to hide/sleep in. No one asks you questions if you have a clipboard and something else that makes them assume you know what you're doing.

Re: I’m putting a WiFi router into a wall charger

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> Drop one of these in a Mcdonald's, and nobody’s going to expect a thing. You can leave it for days, while it collects data and marshals it back to your home network.

Haven’t you seen the 90s Hollywood smash hit ‘hackers’ starring Angelina Jolie? Never hack from you home network, it’s universally stupid man!

Re: I’m putting a WiFi router into a wall charger

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There's a TP-Link WR810N, that looks quite a lot like a knockoff Mac charger. Can run OpenWRT, though a lot less well equipped than the device in the linked article. https://www.tp-link.com/us/home-networking/wifi-router/tl-wr...

I use their updated version, advertised as a travel router. It is pretty small and I carry it while traveling. https://www.tp-link.com/us/home-networking/wifi-router/tl-wr... The 1st Gen Apple Airport Express, with the wall plug, was once a good option.

I use them (AirPort 1st gen) for a printer access point to enable wireless printing. Unfortunately they can't act as a wireless bridge due to hardware limitations and need to be hardwired to a network to function.

Re: I’m putting a WiFi router into a wall charger

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> Drop one of these in a Mcdonald's, and nobody’s going to expect a thing. You can leave it for days, while it collects data and marshals it back to your home network. Haven’t you seen the 90s Hollywood smash hit ‘hackers’ starring Angelina Jolie? Never hack from you home network, it’s universally stupid man!

You don't hack a bank across state lines from your house, you'll get nailed by the FBI. Where are your brains, in your ass? Don't you know anything?

Re: I’m putting a WiFi router into a wall charger

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There's a TP-Link WR810N, that looks quite a lot like a knockoff Mac charger. Can run OpenWRT, though a lot less well equipped than the device in the linked article. https://www.tp-link.com/us/home-networking/wifi-router/tl-wr...

I use their updated version, advertised as a travel router. It is pretty small and I carry it while traveling. https://www.tp-link.com/us/home-networking/wifi-router/tl-wr... The 1st Gen Apple Airport Express, with the wall plug, was once a good option.

AAE it's different because uses Broadcom chipsets.

That TP-Links are running on Athreos and later on MediaTek.

Difference - Broadcom drivers are old and for old Linux versions (like 2.4 or 2.6).

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