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Confusion with piggybacking
Confusion with piggybacking
Wardrivers are only out to log and collect information from the wireless access points (WAPs) they find while driving.
Some people consider piggybacking (connecting to a network without explicit authorization) to be part of wardriving. For example, when quoting another article, an Engadget article rewrote the original headline from EETimes to refer to a "Wardriver" rather than a "WiFi user". But wardriving software takes control of the wireless radio so it's impractical if not impossible to both wardrive and piggyback simultaneously.
Warwalking
Warwalking is similar in nature to Wardriving, except that it is done by walking rather than from a moving vehicle.
In recent years, Warwalking was not a simple task, as the walker had to cover large plots of land while carrying a specially-designed laptop. But with the advancement of portable devices with built-in 802.11 capabilities, such as the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP, warwalking seems to be an easier activity to engage in.
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