If someone is illegally accessing your wifi - kick them off! Punishment is overrated, but setting a good boundary is important. How do you kick someone off your wifi?
Do you have the technical skill and access to modify your home wifi router? (then there are multiple other answers to this question with lots of great ideas! Change SSID/password, set password, etc)
If you are not blessed with the knowledge and/or access priviledges to make the right modifications, you’re still not without options!
I just started using a very cool product called Tenedos Network Protector. You plug the device into your network, download the companion application to your phone. It takes around 24 hours to thoroughly identify all the devices currently using your network. Then if there’s something or someone that is not supposed to be there, you just block them from your phone app, with a swipe of your finger! It blocks unpermitted devices at the network level. It’s continuously monitoring, and alerts you when new devices join your network.
I’m also a Comcast customer, with their ‘fixed SSID, fixed credential’ devices - so once I give someone my wifi password, they’ve got it, and I can’t change the password without physically changing my network device. My Tenedos protector brilliantly allows me to kick off people that may have previously had access, but I no longer want accessing my network. Super easy to setup & configure.
- Sniff traffic from their computer
- If they access anything illegal, turn them over to the police.
- If they don’t access anything illegal, but do access something embarrassing (e.g., midget porn), drop a letter off at their porch with some samples of their activities. Let them know that you’d be happy to tell the rest of the neighborhood.
- If they don’t do anything illegal or embarrassing, fall back on some of the other suggestions here (like the Upside-down Internet).
Most importantly, secure your freaking wi-fi.
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