WiGLE (WiFi)
Encyclopedia
WiGLE, or Wireless Geographic Logging Engine, is a website for collecting information about the different wireless hotspots
around the world. Users can register on the website and upload hotspot data like GPS coordinates, SSID, MAC address
and the encryption type used on the hotspots discovered.
By obtaining information about the encryption of the different hotspots, WiGLE try to create an awareness of the need for security by running a wireless network
The first recorded hotspot on WiGLE was uploaded in September 2001. By June 2011, WiGLE counted over 40 million recorded networks in its database, whereof 39 million was recorded with GPS coordinates and nearly 1.3 billion unique recorded observations.
Hotspot (Wi-Fi)
A hotspot is a site that offers Internet access over a wireless local area network through the use of a router connected to a link to an Internet service provider...
around the world. Users can register on the website and upload hotspot data like GPS coordinates, SSID, MAC address
MAC address
A Media Access Control address is a unique identifier assigned to network interfaces for communications on the physical network segment. MAC addresses are used for numerous network technologies and most IEEE 802 network technologies, including Ethernet...
and the encryption type used on the hotspots discovered.
By obtaining information about the encryption of the different hotspots, WiGLE try to create an awareness of the need for security by running a wireless network
The first recorded hotspot on WiGLE was uploaded in September 2001. By June 2011, WiGLE counted over 40 million recorded networks in its database, whereof 39 million was recorded with GPS coordinates and nearly 1.3 billion unique recorded observations.