Those are indeed ad hoc hp machines and a number of people don't even know they are even broadcasting. I have noticed it most with hp. And it can be suprusing how far they will reach... On Jun 12, 2012 8:58 PM, "Matt Graham" wrote: > From: Jim March <1.jim.march@gmail.com> > > IF those [active wireless cards] are in fact ad-hoc, that's potentially > > bad. > > Cell 02 - Address: 6E:4B:8D:A4:25:B0 > > Encryption key:off > > ESSID:"HPC4380E" > > Mode:Ad-Hoc > > Based on what you posted, I'd be inclined to think that some people near > the > voting machines had their laptops on and had forgotten to turn their > wireless > cards off, or were too dumb to turn their wireless off, or didn't know they > were supposed to turn their wireless off. Remember that people being dumb > is > far more common than people being malicious. If they were actually doing > something they weren't supposed to be doing, they probably would've turned > some sort of encryption on, after all.... > > -- > Matt G / Dances With Crows > The Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress/ > There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >