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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTeen burglar runs out of data, wakes homeowners to ask for WiFi access
Teen breaks into house in the middle of the night to wake neighbors and demand WiFi passwordA Palo Alto, California, couple woke up early Sunday morning to a terrifying surprise: There was a stranger in their bedroom, according to police.
It was a 17-year-old burglar, and he startled the 60-something residents awake to ask for access to their WiFi network, according to Palo Alto police. The burglar had a garment obscuring his face, the victims said.
The burglar never got WiFi access, though. The man got out of his bed and forced the burglar out of their bedroom, down the hall and out the homes front door, according to police. The couple called police right after that, around 12:30 a.m. Neither victim was injured. All that was missing from the home were two kitchen knives, the couple told police.
Officers quickly got to the scene and arrested the suspected burglar a block away, police said.
https://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/article215547200.html
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Teen burglar runs out of data, wakes homeowners to ask for WiFi access (Original Post)
left-of-center2012
Jul 2018
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LisaM
(27,762 posts)1. Way to stop crime in its tracks.
If only the next generation of would-be burglars were all thwarted by running out of data.
nycbos
(6,033 posts)2. Wow
This has a to be an honorable mention for a Darwin Award.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)9. The two missing knives part caught my attention.
I guess if someone is in your bedroom, you won't react casually. But that kid could have been armed with the stolen knives.
janterry
(4,429 posts)3. Drugs or mental illness
I hope the arrest winds up being a 'blessing in disguise.'
He needs help
Renew Deal
(81,802 posts)4. They could have given him the password
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)5. Send him yours
Renew Deal
(81,802 posts)11. I'll have to have him over
Just dont wake me up.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)12. Not a problem, here's mine
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joshcryer
(62,265 posts)6. I'm curious as to whether or not the kid woke them up intentionally.
Or did they wake up from his presence in the room, etc.
Most routers have a default password on a sticker near the serial number. Kid could have got it that way and they would've been none the wiser.
Mariana
(14,849 posts)7. If he could find the router.
Ours is out of sight and would be hard to find.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)8. I created my wifi password
The number on the router isn't my password
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)10. Did you try using the default, in place of the one you created.
I honestly did know what Josh pointed out. Like you, I create my passwords.
Kaleva
(36,147 posts)13. John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and George "Machine Gun" Kelly are crying right now