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What is Piggybacking in context to Wi-Fi?

Piggybacking is a term which states that something that is riding on the back of something else to complete his/her motive, just like similar to an idiom putting gun to another’s shoulder and performing Hunting, so piggybacking is a term used to refer to access of a wireless internet connection by bringing one’s own computer within the range of another’s wireless connection, and using that service without the subscriber’s explicit permission or knowledge. It is a legally and ethically controversial practice, with laws that vary in jurisdictions around the world. Piggybacking is an unauthorized tapping into another’s connection with a public utility. For e.g.- So piggybacking can take place like when I am accessing the wireless connection of my neighbour Wi-Fi without his/her knowledge by hacking his static ip address, then it would be possible for me to access the Wi-Fi connection of others.

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Question added by Muhammad Ajmal Shaihd , Lecturer, Registrar and Network Administrator , Excellence College of Commerce & Sciences
Date Posted: 2017/07/01
samer ahmed yahya aljahdari
by samer ahmed yahya aljahdari , Senior System/Network Engineer , Ministry Of Justice - Yemen

Piggybacking, in a wireless communications context, is the unauthorized access of a wireless LAN. ... It's quite simple to access an unsecured wireless network: All you have to do is get into the range of a Wi-Fi hotspot's signal and select your chosen network from the options presented.

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