Independent research index / First release
Wardriving and wireless discovery
Wireless surveying creates observations of infrastructure. A historical account should distinguish discovery from unauthorized access.
Source review: 16 October 2026 · Original editorial overview
Observe, document, interpret
Kismet’s documentation describes a wardrive survey mode and WiGLE-compatible logging. Its WiGLE log format excludes packet content. These are specific current tool capabilities, not evidence of the origin date of wardriving or proof that every survey was privacy-preserving. The documented survey mode was added in 2022; the wider practice predates that feature.
Sources: Survey mode · WiGLE logging.
A shared-tool relationship
Radio and network-security records meet here through equipment and protocols. The connection is labeled shared tools, not a claim of personal influence or community lineage. Appropriate study respects authorization, property boundaries, and the privacy of communications; the archive provides history and bibliography rather than an intrusion workflow.
Sources: Kismet overview.
Plaintext version · Editorial standards
Follow the catalog
Title-keyword matches; this is an editorial browsing connection, not proof of historical influence.
- 2600 / article-index-entry / 1991
FM Wireless Transmitter
Author not cataloged · Issue/event Volume 8, number 4
- 2600 / article-index-entry / 1984
Wireless Phones Spell Trouble~
Author not cataloged · Issue/event Volume 1, number 1
- DEF CON / creator-talk-panel / 2026
Hack the Airwaves – Embedded Wireless for Next-Gen Hackers
Adventures of Illya · Issue/event 34
- DEF CON / creator-talk-panel / 2026
WiFi Shuriken: A New Architecture For High Performance Scanning
CoD_Segfault · Issue/event 34
- DEF CON / creator-talk-panel / 2025
Airborne WiFi - Rouge Waves in the Sky
M0nkeyDrag0n · Issue/event 33
- DEF CON / main-track-talk / 2025
Breaking Wi-Fi Easy Connect: A Security Analysis of DPP
George "sophron" Chatzisofroniou · Issue/event 33
- DEF CON / creator-talk-panel / 2025
McJump Box: Leveraging Free Corporate WiFi and 802.11AH for Unattributable Fun and Profit
Lozaning · Issue/event 33
- DEF CON / creator-talk-panel / 2025
No Radios, No Problem: Hacking WiFi in a Virtual World
Nishant Sharma · Issue/event 33
- DEF CON / creator-talk-panel / 2025
Smart Bus Smart Hacking: From Free WiFi to Total Control
Chiao-Lin "Steven Meow" Yu, Kai-Ching "Keniver" Wang · Issue/event 33
- DEF CON / creator-talk-panel / 2025
You Might Be A Wardriver If…
MrBill, CoD_Segfault · Issue/event 33
- Phrack / article / 2008
Hacking the $49 Wifi Finder
openschemes · Issue/event 65