I'm sure this is already a thing and there is a specific word for it but I'm not tech savvy so I don't know it. So here's the plan:
I'm at a client on a regulary basis. One of the offices I'm in when I'm there has some kinda hidden crawlspace that was created during recent renovations. Inside this this are power outlets (working) and network outlet (not working). They have a guest wifi and I know the password. I guess some inbound ports must be usable because people presenting some systems and stuff. My idea is now to setup a tiny server there that can host an imageboard. not for CP you hentai! Is this a thing? Are there any others who have hidden servers? Are there any super tiny servers that don't make any noise? How do I hide it so it doesn't show up on any router? Any tipps?
Use a raspberry pi and name it something like "VERY_IMPORTANT"
Aiden Gonzalez
they will find it anyway. and bust your ass.
Henry Wood
don't do it, op. Randal Schwartz was legally a felon for a while for the software version of what you're proposing. Wikipedia vaguely mentions that he 'cracked passwords'; I remember the problem as him setting a server up for remote access, and then accessing it remotely, while still doing the work Intel hired him for
James Bailey
I just want to stay anonymous, mooch off others people electricity and internet and have the server not found easily by the gubbermint How about public places with free wifi like airports etc.?
Aaron Scott
As long as you avoid cameras and never return to remove it you are safe. For all they know their weeb intern installed it.
Jordan Scott
mooching off public places is a lot less likely to get you labelled a felon. There the big problem is avoiding confiscation, and still providing any kind of service while dealing with 'login pages' and firewalls. If your device is drawing power from someone else's power socket, it's likely to be found. You could bury a rPI outside a Starbucks, with a week's worth of battery, after getting a headless browser capable of clicking through the login page. If that works, you could add some more middlemen by getting people on Craigslist et al. to accept your packages and bury them near their Starbucks for you. Other kinds of risks, there. Actually, at this point you're getting close to a product for a personal VPN, which people might want to use in their own workplaces. If that product has a big warning like "ALSO ALLOWS ME, THE SELLER, SOME FUNCTIONALITY" and "DON'T USE WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM IT", then your lawyer will at least be able to make a few reasonable arguments before you get railroaded and sent to Office Space prison.
Mason Ward
If speed is not a main requirement, could you make a server out of one or several hijacked IoT devices? Bonus obscurity if they're used to host an onion website.
Leo Long
yes this is a thing. do it faggot
Brody Hughes
If you're legally a felon, presumably they can't do anything to you. It's being illegally a felon I'd be worried about.
