# What's the most clever/ amusing WiFi network your computer is detecting right now? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 8, 2017, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-clever-amusing-wifi-network-your-computer-is-detecting-right-now/776675 "2017-01-08T23:06:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-clever-amusing-wifi-network-your-computer-is-detecting-right-now/776675/41 "2017-01-11T14:55:12Z")
> [@racer72](#): > > …Currently have one named FBIsurveillancevan where I live now. These are pretty common everywhere, it seems. I want to rename my WiFi to \TruancySquad or something similar. I’m guessing most kids wouldn’t fall for it, and I’m not sure if we even _have_ a truancy squad anymore. But perhaps just once… ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-clever-amusing-wifi-network-your-computer-is-detecting-right-now/776675/42 "2017-01-11T15:33:20Z")
I’ve thought about changing one of mine to something like _[Town] Police Monitor_ but figured, with my luck, I’d just be inviting someone to hack it or something. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-clever-amusing-wifi-network-your-computer-is-detecting-right-now/776675/43 "2017-01-11T16:44:41Z")
TIE between “Castle of East Village Princess” and “Dorry Loves Her Bed” ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-clever-amusing-wifi-network-your-computer-is-detecting-right-now/776675/44 "2017-01-11T18:12:46Z")
Boring all around me but mine is DeadlyComputerViruses ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-clever-amusing-wifi-network-your-computer-is-detecting-right-now/776675/45 "2017-01-11T18:18:56Z")
Mostly boring around me, but I did recognize that my neighbors across the hall are using a portmanteau of their names a la Brangelina. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-clever-amusing-wifi-network-your-computer-is-detecting-right-now/776675/46 "2017-01-11T20:26:31Z")
Another “FBI surveillance van” and “Get your own” ---
**Author:** ![steronz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steronz/32/11765_2.png) [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-clever-amusing-wifi-network-your-computer-is-detecting-right-now/776675/47 "2017-01-12T02:11:45Z")
Mostly lame. I’ve got an NSA Satellite B. Mine is JOMAR, and I’ll give someone 10 internet points if they can guess the convoluted chain of events that led me to that name. Hint: Simpsons related. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-clever-amusing-wifi-network-your-computer-is-detecting-right-now/776675/48 "2017-01-12T02:33:53Z")
ThePortalofPower. But mine is better. Mind Control Platform MN-034C ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Lebodnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/fbc32d/32.png) [@Mr.Lebodnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Lebodnik)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-clever-amusing-wifi-network-your-computer-is-detecting-right-now/776675/49 "2017-01-13T04:54:02Z")
“HOT-N-HORNY”. I’ve wondered which of my neighbours are the ones using that network name. ---
**Author:** ![Emergency911](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/43a26b/32.png) [@Emergency911](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emergency911)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-clever-amusing-wifi-network-your-computer-is-detecting-right-now/776675/50 "2017-01-13T14:03:31Z")
I only see a couple, and they are generic. Mine is “NCC-1701”. Most of my neighbors are retired and aren’t internet savvy. My brother in law used to have his named “buttsecks”. Then his kids got older and started using the internet. They were young enough to not understand the joke, but his wife made him change it when his daughter was trying to help a friend get on their wifi and kept saying “click on buttsecks”. ---
**Author:** ![Wednesday\_Evening](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b2d939/32.png) [@Wednesday\_Evening](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wednesday_Evening)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-clever-amusing-wifi-network-your-computer-is-detecting-right-now/776675/51 "2017-01-13T18:58:15Z")
The kids were involved when we named our new network last year so we ended up with PrettyFlyForaWiFi. Unoriginal I know. We still think it is funny though. Only other funny one we pick up is It Burns When IP ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-clever-amusing-wifi-network-your-computer-is-detecting-right-now/776675/52 "2017-01-14T02:06:39Z")
My brother’s neighbors must have planned this together. Their networks are: FBI Surveillance Van 1 FBI Surveillance Van 2 FBI Surveillance Van 3 ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-clever-amusing-wifi-network-your-computer-is-detecting-right-now/776675/53 "2017-01-14T02:15:36Z")
Salmon My husband’s is “Infected”. I used to work for a large security company, so I resisted changing mine to anything truly anarchic. I think I can come up with something interesting now though. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-clever-amusing-wifi-network-your-computer-is-detecting-right-now/776675/54 "2017-01-14T02:35:28Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > theres one near me that comes in that’s “social d forever” which is one of my favorite groups … Social D kicks ass. All of the ones around me are just a string of numbers or the device name. I saw a post on Imgur that was a photo of peoplpes WiFi names and one was **“I got you fam”** and it was open. I believe “fam” is short for family. At least that is the context it made sense to me as I’ve seen on Imgur. I thought it was funny. ---
**Author:** ![JHBoom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/13edae/32.png) [@JHBoom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JHBoom)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-clever-amusing-wifi-network-your-computer-is-detecting-right-now/776675/55 "2017-01-14T21:29:26Z")
I’m showing: VX-23 MURICA MURICA-Guest (unsecured) MineNotYours And a whole bunch of device names At home, mine is SKYNET, but I don’t broadcast it. Wife still doesn’t understand the reference, even after I attempted to explain it. I’ve been tempted to name a guest network on my home router with a law enforcement-themed name, just to screw with my tinfoil hat-wearing, conspiracy-theorist neighbor… but it’s already difficult enough to disengage from a conversation with him. I can only imagine how off the rails he’d go if I put up a “SurveillanceVan” or “UnmarkedUnit3”. ---
**Author:** ![Driver8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Driver8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Driver8)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-clever-amusing-wifi-network-your-computer-is-detecting-right-now/776675/56 "2017-01-14T23:06:15Z")
TRUMP COMMUNICATIONS RELAY #4531 TRUMP COMMUNICATIONS RELAY #9000 Previously they were “NSA COMMUNICATIONS RELAY”. I’m not sure if they’re the same person, or different people copying each other. ---
**Author:** ![Weisshund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba8739/32.png) [@Weisshund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weisshund)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-clever-amusing-wifi-network-your-computer-is-detecting-right-now/776675/57 "2017-01-16T01:15:20Z")
Well even the most boring ones beat mine I see none but my own, there are no other people remotely close enough, and mine are all just named functionally house2g house5g garage outside i looked at work, and the most amusing one i found was walmartwifi until i realized it really was the walmarts wifi ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-clever-amusing-wifi-network-your-computer-is-detecting-right-now/776675/58 "2017-01-16T02:43:20Z")
Terok Nor and BillWiTheScienceFi win the thread so far! 😃 😃 Mine are simply “Guest,” “Satellite”, “BeMyGuest,” and “Hidden Network”. Laaame. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-clever-amusing-wifi-network-your-computer-is-detecting-right-now/776675/59 "2017-01-16T03:01:19Z")
ListersCurry? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-clever-amusing-wifi-network-your-computer-is-detecting-right-now/776675/60 "2017-01-16T23:13:55Z")
> [@JHBoom](#): > > At home, mine is SKYNET, but I don’t broadcast it. Wife still doesn’t understand the reference, even after I attempted to explain it. I’m old-school. Mine is Colossus. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-clever-amusing-wifi-network-your-computer-is-detecting-right-now/776675.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-clever-amusing-wifi-network-your-computer-is-detecting-right-now/776675.md?page=4)