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FBI Camera?
Vanity ^ | 723/2017 | Self

Posted on 06/23/2017 6:54:58 AM PDT by Mr. Douglas

An odd thing began happening to my wife a few weeks ago. She was trying to hook up to our home wi-fi system and there was an available network called "FBI camera". I blew it off and told her it was probably one she accidentally saved while at a starbucks or something and someone was just using a "creative name" for their hotspot. The reason I believed that is that our home is several hundred yards from the nearest neighbor, and most of them don't have computers.

Here is the weird part: I'm working from home today and when I tried to log on to my hotspot with my work computer, "FBI camera" was on the list of available networks with two bars of signal. It comes and goes.

I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but how could there be anything like that being picked up out here in the middle of nowhere? We are surrounded by about six acres of field and that is surrounded by about 100 foot thick forest all around.

Anybody have an idea?


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Computers/Internet; Conspiracy; Weird Stuff
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It has to be a signal here, since my work laptop is seeing it too.
1 posted on 06/23/2017 6:54:58 AM PDT by Mr. Douglas
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To: Mr. Douglas

Are you a Freeper?


2 posted on 06/23/2017 6:58:41 AM PDT by umgud
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To: Mr. Douglas

Betcha someone in your area has a wifi network named fbi camera.


3 posted on 06/23/2017 6:58:53 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: Mr. Douglas

Could be an actual surveillence camera. But more likey, it is someone who named their system that, and is in your area.

Real surveillance cameras operating on WiFi would use a innocuous name.


4 posted on 06/23/2017 7:00:03 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: Mr. Douglas

Is it password protected?


5 posted on 06/23/2017 7:00:05 AM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: Mr. Douglas
Some joker's name for his game camera setup in the woods near you?
6 posted on 06/23/2017 7:00:18 AM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's alias. "Islam": Allah's assassins. "Moderate Muslims": Islam's useful idiots.)
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To: Mr. Douglas

I have 90 acres of woods surrounding my rural house, and I see others wifis too.

It’s a joke. Surveillance equipment doesn’t connect to a network that also allows other devices on it. Basically, IP pools, static IP and / or a combination of non-broadcast SSID is always in play.


7 posted on 06/23/2017 7:00:36 AM PDT by Celerity
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To: ealgeone

That was my thought too, except my nearest neighbor is over 200 yards away and over a hill.


8 posted on 06/23/2017 7:01:11 AM PDT by Mr. Douglas (Best. Election. EVER!)
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Do your neighbors have similar large properties? One of the might have a router mounted really high to get more coverage or has swapped in a higher gain antenna than the FCC allows so his whole property is covered and leaks into yours.


9 posted on 06/23/2017 7:01:21 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity - Pres. Eisenhower)
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To: ealgeone
"...Betcha someone in your area has a wifi network named fbi camera."

A daredevil, I see. You're going way out on a pretty thin limb, there...

LOL!

10 posted on 06/23/2017 7:01:29 AM PDT by Gargantua (Still Not Tired Of Winning... ;^)
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To: Mr. Douglas

It is mysterious.

Why does the Fuller Brush Incorporated man need a camera or wifi?


11 posted on 06/23/2017 7:01:32 AM PDT by a fool in paradise ( Mr. Comey, did you engage in or know of ANY OTHER leaks?)
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To: umgud

Yes. I was Robroy, then Cuban Leaf, and now Mr. Douglas.

since 1998.


12 posted on 06/23/2017 7:01:46 AM PDT by Mr. Douglas (Best. Election. EVER!)
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To: b4its2late

Is it password protected?


Yes it is. It’s not showing up at the moment but it was WP2 or something...


13 posted on 06/23/2017 7:02:31 AM PDT by Mr. Douglas (Best. Election. EVER!)
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I kinda doubt the FBI would name one of thier devices FBI camera. The rats have infested the FBI yes they are evil and deluded but not dumb.


14 posted on 06/23/2017 7:03:07 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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It’s a rather old joke by now.


15 posted on 06/23/2017 7:03:07 AM PDT by Stentor
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To: Celerity

I have two networks around me

FBI - Counterintelligence and Tell my WIFI that I love her


16 posted on 06/23/2017 7:03:15 AM PDT by Dacula (President and CEO at Being Awesome)
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To: Mr. Douglas

Mine says “Surveillance Van”. It’s a joke.


17 posted on 06/23/2017 7:03:44 AM PDT by deweyfrank (Nobody's Perfect)
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Whoa! It looks like you are under surveillance by the FBI. Consider where you travel or have traveled to. Consider friends and acquaintances you communicate with by e-mail. Consider whether a bad guy has stolen your identity. Consider the amount of classified defense information you are cleared for on the job. Consider how many people you number among your friends and live outside the US. Consider who lived in your house before you.


18 posted on 06/23/2017 7:05:43 AM PDT by Rapscallion (Democrats are suffering Soros psychosis.)
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To: marktwain

I saw a flower van with a lot of radio Equipment on top once.


19 posted on 06/23/2017 7:06:02 AM PDT by a fool in paradise ( Mr. Comey, did you engage in or know of ANY OTHER leaks?)
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To: KarlInOhio; Celerity

Do your neighbors have similar large properties? One of the might have a router mounted really high to get more coverage or has swapped in a higher gain antenna than the FCC allows so his whole property is covered and leaks into yours.


That could be it, Karl.

Most of the folks here don’t have computers at all, but it only takes one. The only thing that was throwing me off is that I thought I could not get any of their signals here. If there is a way I could, then yeah, it’s someone using a funny name for their network.

And yeah, that was the “occam’s razor” explanation because, unless they wanted to “hide in plain sight”, the government is not gonna name their network anything like that. :)

The amplifier/repeater explanation is actually more likely.


20 posted on 06/23/2017 7:06:11 AM PDT by Mr. Douglas (Best. Election. EVER!)
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