# Is there fun to be had with people who have hacked your wifi? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 24, 2016, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-fun-to-be-had-with-people-who-have-hacked-your-wifi/746940 "2016-02-24T03:05:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-fun-to-be-had-with-people-who-have-hacked-your-wifi/746940/1 "2016-02-24T03:05:09Z")
I noticed last night that two android devices and someone with the username “Istoleyourlife” were using our home wifi. I’ve reset all the passwords and I think I figured out the likely chink in our armour. We shall see on that front. So I have a couple of device names and some MAC addresses. Is there anything fun I can do with these? I suspect not. What if I set up a quarantined wifi station and “let” them hack it again. Anything I could do to have fun? Could I get access to the data they are sending through my wifi? Figure out who it is? Misdirect their internet access? ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-fun-to-be-had-with-people-who-have-hacked-your-wifi/746940/2 "2016-02-24T04:01:59Z")
It wasn’t secured with WEP, was it? I think you could probably see their traffic, but I’m not sure what tools you’d need. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-fun-to-be-had-with-people-who-have-hacked-your-wifi/746940/3 "2016-02-24T05:36:34Z")
Nah, it was secured with WPA2-AES. The problem I think was that in one single part of the network I had missed a checkbox such that frickin’ WPA with a PIN remained enabled which as I understand it is easily hackable. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-fun-to-be-had-with-people-who-have-hacked-your-wifi/746940/4 "2016-02-24T21:58:21Z")
Huh, I thought you guys would have some creative ideas for me… ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-fun-to-be-had-with-people-who-have-hacked-your-wifi/746940/5 "2016-02-24T22:42:02Z")
Reddit might be a better place to ask. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-fun-to-be-had-with-people-who-have-hacked-your-wifi/746940/6 "2016-02-24T23:12:38Z")
You can set up a proxy server (e.g. [Squid](http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Squid_Transparent_Proxy)) to redirect unauthorized traffic and control or manipulate delivered content. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2016, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-fun-to-be-had-with-people-who-have-hacked-your-wifi/746940/7 "2016-02-25T00:17:59Z")
Create a new wifi network with the same SSID and password as the compromised one (so they will pick it up), block everything apart from port 80, and redirect everything on port 80 to goats.ex, tubgirl, Dolcett, or similar. **(Really folks, do not delve into that last one, especially from work)** ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2016, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-fun-to-be-had-with-people-who-have-hacked-your-wifi/746940/8 "2016-02-25T00:18:18Z")
if You go with a proxy server you can do things like turn the[internet upside down](https://www.funkypenguin.co.nz/how-to/april-fools-pranks-with-a-squid-proxy-server/) or change the default language on google to Klingon. There’s also redirects to sites they didn’t intend. ---
**Author:** ![TwoCarrotSnowman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twocarrotsnowman/32/15879_2.png) [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2016, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-fun-to-be-had-with-people-who-have-hacked-your-wifi/746940/9 "2016-02-25T13:22:08Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > It wasn’t secured with WEP, was it? > > I think you could probably see their traffic, but I’m not sure what tools you’d need. If the OP doesn’t mind getting their hands dirty, he or she could use something like [Wireshark](http://wireshark.com/wireshark-network-packet-analyzer/) to sniff the traffic. I’d want to thoroughly understand the legality of packet sniffing in the OP’s location however - even though it’s their network, it might not be legal.