<![CDATA[I need some help from the black/grey hat community.]]>I need some help from the black/grey hat community.

Someone in my neighborhood has an open WiFi. The signal at our house is weak, but just strong enough for my 13yo to pick it up in his bedroom. He uses it to bypass the time/content restrictions I have in place on our home network. On the one hand I mean, good for him, but on the other it’s really affecting his sleep schedule, which in turn is affecting his desire to get up for school/participate in life.

I’ve tried obvious things like looking for a router admin page at the common addresses but haven’t found anything. It’s Telus hardware.

Any suggestions?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/f5dbaaa5-7e9d-442b-8edc-5e82811f53b2/i-need-some-help-from-the-black-grey-hat-community.RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 06:07:38 GMTTue, 21 Apr 2026 14:39:24 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to I need some help from the black/grey hat community. on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:44:25 GMT]]>@crispius Depends on the router you have, but my Telus one allows me to setup a 2nd "guest" network.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/charette/statuses/116443464666868264https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/charette/statuses/116443464666868264Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:44:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I need some help from the black/grey hat community. on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:38:06 GMT]]>@crispius What if you setup something with the same SSID? Can you connect to a "weak" one if there is a stronger one with the exact same name?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/charette/statuses/116443439880480722https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/charette/statuses/116443439880480722Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:38:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I need some help from the black/grey hat community. on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:56:45 GMT]]>@crispius I'm about to be there too; my son is 12, but the wife and I are on the same page about devices at night.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/kralcttam/statuses/116443277237318415https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/kralcttam/statuses/116443277237318415Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:56:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I need some help from the black/grey hat community. on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:54:43 GMT]]>@crispius oh dang!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/action_jay/statuses/116443269293390505https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/action_jay/statuses/116443269293390505Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:54:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I need some help from the black/grey hat community. on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:52:01 GMT]]>@crispius honestly, he's gonna stay up doing something anyways

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://disabled.social/users/MikeImBack/statuses/116443258663138315https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://disabled.social/users/MikeImBack/statuses/116443258663138315Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:52:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I need some help from the black/grey hat community. on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:51:55 GMT]]>@kralcttam
That was my solution also, unfortunately the wife doesn’t have my back on that one.

(Not that she’s against it, just that she’s weak on the enforcement side)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.fname.ca/ap/users/116427924379067962/statuses/116443258233750539https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.fname.ca/ap/users/116427924379067962/statuses/116443258233750539Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:51:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I need some help from the black/grey hat community. on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:50:27 GMT]]>@action_jay
Right? I thought that since they weren’t bright enough to secure their WiFi that their router might be set to a default password, but there appears to be at least some level of sophistication behind the setup.

Which makes me wonder if it’s a honeypot. 🤔

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.fname.ca/ap/users/116427924379067962/statuses/116443252472794061https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.fname.ca/ap/users/116427924379067962/statuses/116443252472794061Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:50:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I need some help from the black/grey hat community. on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:48:37 GMT]]>@crispius 13? Don't let him take his devices into his room. Lock it up in the kitchen. They make time lock boxes that charge devices. Rubber hose cryptography.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/kralcttam/statuses/116443245273374127https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/kralcttam/statuses/116443245273374127Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:48:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I need some help from the black/grey hat community. on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:44:42 GMT]]>@crispius no admin page at the gateway IP?? Wild, though even if you got there the password's probably physically on the neighbour's router's label.

I'd suggest putting controls in at the device level, depending what type of device they're using. I use Microsoft Family Safety for the kids' PCs, and Google Family Link for their Android Phones. If they figure out how to break away from the big tech defaults, they get a congratulatory cake

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/action_jay/statuses/116443229901274371https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/action_jay/statuses/116443229901274371Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:44:42 GMT