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[stoi]

Everyone says truecrypt, but it depends where you live

95% sure that if you are in the UK, and you have your drives encrypted, and you dont give them the info to get into them, its a 5 year prison term, just for that, when for copyright infringement you may get a slap on the wrist and a £200 fine (really worth it, I think not)

[bijoy]

Buy a new router, or spoof your router ID. I won't get into the details of security* but just go do it. You'll secure yourself against hundreds of exploits that were opened thanks to google.

The best idea given here. +1.
Spoof router ID, so that they can't catch you.

[Quarterquack]

The best idea given here. +1.
Spoof router ID, so that they can't catch you.

Are you being sarcastic?

[Disme]

The best idea given here. +1.
Spoof router ID, so that they can't catch you.

Are you being sarcastic?

Spoofing your routers id is pretty useless ... your ISP knows what IP-adress they gave you ... what router-id you use is irrelevant when establishing, at your ISP's side, who use a certain IP-adress in their range at a given time.
Spoofing your modems-id is another thing. Don't know if that is actually possible but that would mean you can pretend to be let's say your neighbour who has the same ISP.

[anon]

Spoofing your modems-id is another thing. Don't know if that is actually possible but that would mean you can pretend to be let's say your neighbour who has the same ISP.

Changing the modem's MAC is possible via reflashing the firmware, but I honestly have no idea if you could clone someone else's modem and use that as long as they're offline. And it sounds a bit too easy...

[ajsi]

Spoofing your routers id is pretty useless ... your ISP knows what IP-adress they gave you ... what router-id you use is irrelevant when establishing, at your ISP's side, who use a certain IP-adress in their range at a given time.
Spoofing your modems-id is another thing. Don't know if that is actually possible but that would mean you can pretend to be let's say your neighbour who has the same ISP.

Exactly that.

I'd be interested in just hearing if it actually is technically possible to spoof your modem's ID. Because from what I understand, if you spoof it to something that is not registered with the provider, you won't be able to connect, since I suppose DHCP server won't recognize that address and thus will not assign you an IP and if you want the modem to pretend to be your neighbour's, how do you find out their modem's ID? I've been getting into networking lately and this idea rocks my mind right now, so I'd like to know more..

Changing the modem's MAC is possible via reflashing the firmware, but I honestly have no idea if you could clone someone else's modem and use that as long as they're offline. And it sounds a bit too easy...

Even if they're offline, isn't their modem still online and its MAC address considered as being active and online, unless the modem is plugged out/turned off?

[anon]

and if you want the modem to pretend to be your neighbour's, how do you find out their modem's ID?

Modems usually serve a page which contains status and technical information. For me it's 192.168.100.1. You can see the MAC address there. Obviously this requires physical access to their computer.

[ajsi]

and if you want the modem to pretend to be your neighbour's, how do you find out their modem's ID?

Modems usually serve a page which contains status and technical information. For me it's 192.168.100.1. You can see the MAC address there. Obviously this requires physical access to their computer.

Yes, I know that you can find out your modem's MAC, I was pointing out to how would one find out a MAC of a remote modem. Getting physical access to their computer was the only thing that came to my mind, but maybe there is some other way I'm not familiar with.

[Cabalo]

It's quite easy to do so if you're acquainted with airodump-ng. It takes only a few seconds.

[anon]

Even if they're offline, isn't their modem still online and its MAC address considered as being active and online, unless the modem is plugged out/turned off?

That's what I meant with offline.