To you, "WAP" is:

Reply to To you, "WAP" is: on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 22:26:59 GMT

unionwhore@ni.hil.ist — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 22:26:59 GMT

@neil Bring a bucket and a mop for this wireless access point

Reply to To you, "WAP" is: on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 22:19:24 GMT

fanf@mendeddrum.org — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 22:19:24 GMT

@neil rachel harper’s one WAP twelve voices https://youtu.be/driZkmZKrw0

Reply to To you, "WAP" is: on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 22:07:38 GMT

sammy@cherrykitten.gay — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 22:07:38 GMT

@neil Web Application Pfirewall

Reply to To you, "WAP" is: on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 21:42:44 GMT

highvoltage@pleroma.debian.social — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 21:42:44 GMT

@neil #1, but It's also a brand of vacuum cleaner and high pressure hose

Reply to To you, "WAP" is: on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 21:40:03 GMT

nightjar@twoot.site — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 21:40:03 GMT

@neil wireless-ass pussy

Reply to To you, "WAP" is: on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 21:16:40 GMT

almonds@mastodon.mit.edu — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 21:16:40 GMT

@neil
Since I'm tired, my first thought was "Wide Area Petwork" and my second was "Work And Progress"

Reply to To you, "WAP" is: on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 21:03:48 GMT

jonpsp@mstdn.social — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 21:03:48 GMT

@neil WAP is how I used to know when my last train was going to leave when I was in the pub

Reply to To you, "WAP" is: on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:54:59 GMT

witewulf@cyberplace.social — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:54:59 GMT

@arakin @neil guilty as charged

Reply to To you, "WAP" is: on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:43:51 GMT

lighttheunicorn@lighttheunicorn.horse — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:43:51 GMT

@neil The tiny internet on my ancient phone that liked to absolutely burn through credit like nothing else!

Reply to To you, "WAP" is: on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:28:26 GMT

orva@social.orva.fi — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:28:26 GMT

@neil Please stop tormenting us old people like this!

Reply to To you, "WAP" is: on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:22:17 GMT

jan@fedi.kcore.org — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:22:17 GMT

@neil This very much shows the age demographic of Mastodon inhabitants

Reply to To you, "WAP" is: on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:21:04 GMT

bc_socials@mstdn.party — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:21:04 GMT

@neil @rachaelspooky thought as much. Thanks for the laugh mate lol

Reply to To you, "WAP" is: on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:14:21 GMT

neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:14:21 GMT

@Webwasp I've not heard that term before. Is it the new "reverse proxy"?!

Reply to To you, "WAP" is: on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:13:00 GMT

neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:13:00 GMT

@bc_socials @rachaelspooky That was indeed the plan

Reply to To you, "WAP" is: on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:12:26 GMT

bc_socials@mstdn.party — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:12:26 GMT

@neil @rachaelspooky idk, imo the poll is funnier in the indirect way you referenced Cardi B's song lmao!

Reply to To you, "WAP" is: on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:12:17 GMT

webwasp@mas.to — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:12:17 GMT

@neil Web Application Proxy

Reply to To you, "WAP" is: on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:09:17 GMT

neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:09:17 GMT

@dalias Well that won't confuse any web security people

Reply to To you, "WAP" is: on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:08:12 GMT

dalias@hachyderm.io — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:08:12 GMT

@neil WAF is the British version.

Reply to To you, "WAP" is: on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:04:52 GMT

neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:04:52 GMT

@lanodan I guess that it boils down to the same thing!

Reply to To you, "WAP" is: on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:03:48 GMT

lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:03:48 GMT

@neil Oh, I think I always heard of the 2nd one as AP or Wlan-AP/WiFi-AP.

Reply to To you, "WAP" is: on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:01:25 GMT

freediverx@mastodon.social — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:01:25 GMT

@neil
All of the above?

Reply to To you, "WAP" is: on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 19:54:19 GMT

neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 19:54:19 GMT

@Wifiwits Somewhere, I have a vintage promotional Christmas card wishing me a WAPpy Christmas, and it just doesn't feel the same any more.

Reply to To you, "WAP" is: on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 19:53:03 GMT

wifiwits@infosec.exchange — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 19:53:03 GMT

@neil it’s the first for me, but as someone who works with Wi-Fi, since the release of a certain song, hearing people talk about the placement of WAPs gives me an noticeable twitch.

Reply to To you, "WAP" is: on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 19:49:11 GMT

drahardja@sfba.social — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 19:49:11 GMT

@neil “The baby internet”