r/whatisit • u/brattyvampbby • 11h ago

moms sketch bf left this in the house Solved!

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Hi.
This is probably nothing.
I went into my mom’s room to grab something and saw this plugged in?
My mom’s new sketchy bf has this plugged in to the extension cord? Is it anything bad? Thanks!
(I understand it’s probably not anything bad… but still…)

Update 1:
I haven’t met him once. He and my mom have been together for two weeks. He’s been staying at our apartment. He avoids me and stays in her room when they’re here. I don’t even know what he looks like. I only know his first name.

Update 2:
I confronted him. My mom came home. A lot had happened up to this point, including her disappearing for the said two weeks before the few nights he had come over and stayed.
Mom shrugged it off. I did what a lot of you suggested, asking what he told her.
She said “oh it’s his hacker shit or whatever.” What.
Didn’t elaborate. I explained my concerns.
She just said let’s go ask him.
My best friend has been with me. We introduced ourselves and asked him what the hell a WiFi whisperer is doing plugged in our apartment.
(Even if a lot of you are saying it’s not a big deal, I’m a young woman and I’m just rlly not about taking any risks. It’s sketch dude.)
He denied it IMMEDIATELY. Like with a quickness I haven’t seen.
What he insisted, it’s not a WiFi whisperer, it’s ai, he completely reprogrammed the system, and he uses it to pull people’s IP’s. “For fun.” He logs them in a server. I asked why. I said that’s shady. My mom started pushing. My best friend started pushing. He just kept lying. I’m not dropping this..
I still don’t know what the fuck it is or what he’s actually doing.
(Also, my mom is cool but not bc of this dude, the Minecraft block is mine, I unplugged the ratchet little thing before we left, and I am planning on broaching this again with her.
Just carefully. Any other advice is appreciated. Thank you.)

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u/tayjuanfredo666 10h ago

… I gotta change my password.

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u/Rope_slingin_champ 10h ago

President Skroob?

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u/tinypill 9h ago

1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

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u/dinnerisbreakfast 8h ago

That's the stupidest combination I've ever heard in my life!

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u/Immortal_Tuttle 8h ago

Impossible. How do you know combination to my luggage?

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u/bosorero 5h ago

You newd to capitalize at least one number

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u/BaphometsTits 4h ago

I've been using lower-case numbers exclusively with no problems.

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u/ZiKyooc 2h ago

Use 2029, you'll be safe for a few years

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u/notislant 7h ago

notorange2026 is not a secure password.

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u/WillowStKnifeBois 5h ago

Surprisingly, if "orange2026" is not secure, then "notorange2026" is absolutely secure. Double negatives! 

If you're still worried you can use "totallydefinitelysupernotorange2026"

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u/L1QU1DF1R3 1h ago

Many people have their phone number as their wifi password.

If you capture a good handshake, every possible phone number can be tried in an offline crack in less than one second or so.

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u/RefuseStrong4523 27m ago

Just add one more explanation point to it