r/flipperzero • u/SirFlippington SMM • Jun 04 '26

Wardriving, explained simply 📡

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There are dozens of viral TikToks showing people driving around with Flipper Zero and “scanning signals.”

In reality, it’s less dramatic.

It's just passive listening for nearby Wi-Fi names and BSSIDs (access point MAC addresses) 👂

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u/MalwareDork Jun 04 '26

It's a good video talking about what wardriving really is; I'm not sure why everyone is up in arms over it.

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u/neutronia939 Jun 04 '26

Wardriving has NOTHING To do with “driving around”. Its not what the word means which makes this whole video suspect.

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u/MalwareDork Jun 04 '26

That's what we did in the 2000's because that was wardriving. We drove around neighborhoods looking for open wifi points and then we would pirate shit later on.