Things to do during the Covid-19 lockdown, No. 234
If you’re trying to avoid the onset of boredom during this lockdown, why not take the opportunity to amuse yourself and entertain your neighbours by choosing an interesting new name for your WiFi connection?
In the Dark 
April 18, 2020 at 1:11 pm
An erstwhile SSID of mine was TV_Detector_Van
April 18, 2020 at 5:19 pm
I suspect that the false information was planted by people who don’t want Huawei to have anything to do with the UK’s implementation of 5G.
April 18, 2020 at 8:43 pm
I think the funniest thing I have seen on TV was part of an episode of Jon Ronson’s classic cult series “Secret Rulers of the Universe” in which a bunch of angry Jews were berating David Icke for claiming that giant disguised lizards were running the world, saying that this was obviously code for Jews, and Icke was insisting that he really did mean lizards.
April 18, 2020 at 9:58 pm
Yes, I think he is sincere too, which is what made the episode all the more interesting. The idea has obvious echoes of Genesis 3.
April 18, 2020 at 11:22 pm
Hmmmm…. that one could be unfortunate if your neighbours were nutters and consipiracy freaks!
Fortunately, mine are all geeks like us, so the surrounding networks sport names like Marvin the Paranoid Android, Vodatown, dontyou tryit and Nuclearfamily (bet they work at Aldermaston!). My fave is Apollo 13. Ours is Tracey Island on hubbys insistence.
April 20, 2020 at 10:33 am
People can’t catch viruses via these masts, but computers can…