war-chalking

war-chalking


   [play on {war-driving}; the first syllable has since been
   reinterpreted as an acronym for "wireless access revolution"] The
   practice of using chalk marks similar to hobo signs to indicate the
   nearby presence of a wireless Internet access point, a boon to
   strolling hackers with laptops. The concept was first floated in early
   2002 and was instantly seized upon with cries of glee by hackers all
   over the portions of the world urbanized enough to have sidewalks and
   access points. The process rather recalls the explosive spread of
   heraldry in the medieval Europe of the 1120s. There is a site that
   explains the symbology;.