Plug pulled on anonymous Wi-Fi
 

Rhino Security Labs has pulled the plug on an anonymous Wi-Fi device it was developing just a month after its existence was announced.

Security researcher Benjamin Caudill from Rhino Security Labs unveiled Proxyham, a device small enough to be slotted into a book and squirrelled away in a separate location from the user in order to confuse Internet traffic tracking systems.

The $200 device was made up of a Raspberry Pi PC and antennas. The product uses low-frequency radio channels to connect to public Wi-Fi hotspots up to 2.5 miles away, and if a user’s signature is traced, the only IP address which appears is from the Proxyham box which can be planted far away from the user.

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