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Wardriving

Wardriving Wardriving  is the act of searching for Wi-Fi wireless networks by a person in a moving vehicle, using a portable computer, smartphone or personal digital assistant (PDA). Software for wardriving is freely available on the Internet, notably NetStumbler, InSSIDer, Vistumbler, or Ekahau Heat Mapper for Windows; Kismet or SWScanner for Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, and Solaris; and KisMac for  Macintosh. There are some for both Windows and Macintosh, for example, NetSpot.  There are also homebrew wardriving applications for handheld game consoles that support Wi-fi, such as sniff jazz box/wardrive for the Nintendo DS/Android, Road Dog for the Sony PSP, WiFi-Where for the iPhone, G-MoN, Wardrive, Wigle Wifi for Android, and WlanPollution for  SymbianNokiaS60 devices. There also exists a mode within  Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops  for the Sony PSP (wherein the player is able to find new comrades by searching for wireless access points) which can be used