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That's a cool thing to know, thanks. You could definitely do some viral marketing this way if you were more devious than I.
by theantidote 18y ago
That's a cool thing to know, thanks. You could definitely do some viral marketing this way if you were more devious than I.
- staunch 18y agoIntentionally infecting people with SSIDs is illegal. You have to notify your ad-hoc partner.
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- ryanwaggoner 18y agoWhoosh!
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- tlrobinson 18y agoThe user has to try to connect to the AP in order to be "infected", so presumably this one became popular because so many people actually believed they would get "free public WiFi". The SSID in your viral marketing scheme would have to lure people into connecting to it while at the same time advertising your product. Sounds hard... anyone have any ideas?
- tectonic 18y agoSSID: "Free Internet if you Support Obama!"
- tectonic 18y agoWait, why was this downmodded? You don't think this would have worked as a meme pre-election?
- gojomo 18y ago"Free wifi by [YourDomain.com]" might be enough.
- tlrobinson 18y agoIronically enough, if they connect they won't be able to access YourDomain.com.
- sdurkin 18y agoBeen done.
- iamdave 18y agoHere's an idea, don't. It's a silly idea. You're riding the fence there. 'Luring' people into connecting to a network where private information will be readily accessible is (even if just for marketing purposes) very, very sketchy. Especially if you're using a deceptive SSID. Just a bad idea. I think it's just best to leave it as a network issue and not try to force advertising campaigns every nook and cranny as possible. That includes broadcasting domain names using a poorly designed network identification method.
- jrockway 18y agoNot really. Private information is already readily accessible. If you don't think it is, your information has already been stolen.