WarDriving & Tethering

WiFi WarDriving

2020-02-10

No, it's not about "war games" (and also not about tanks – unless they are designed as WiFi APs). Wikipedia defines the term "Wardrive" as follows:

Wardriving is the act of searching for Wi-Fi wireless networks by a person in a moving vehicle, using a portable computer, smartphone or personal digital assistant (PDA).
Wardriving originated from wardialing, a method popularized by a character played by Matthew Broderick in the film WarGames, and named after that film. War dialing consists of dialing every phone number in a specific sequence in search of modems.

There are also indications for a backronym being involved: Wireless Access Revolution, to take away the martial touch from the term. In short: goal of the game is to collect APNs of a given area on a map.

So the goal is to show found networks on a map, or provide this data to projects like OpenCellId or Mozilla Location Service. Comparable apps for cell towers can be found in Monitoring & Mapping.

OpenWLANMini (4.7@20) 8 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-01-04 / OpenWLANMap (4.2@74) 11 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Wikipedia DE; Intro 5/2018
OpenSignal - 3G, 4G & 5G Signal & WiFi Speed Test (4.3@388,132) Ǥ 12 Intro 1/2013; Video Demo 2/2013; Testbericht 6/2013; Wikipedia
WiGLE WiFi Wardriving (4.3@3,492) Ǥ 19 Github; Vorstellung 1/2013; Detailled Intro 11/2013; Howto 11/2013; Wikipedia EN
WiFi Tracker (4.3@1,260) Ǥ 12 LastUpdate: 2018-01-15 Video Demo 6/2013
Mozilla Stumbler (4.1@1,239) 10 Github; Vorstellung 3/2014; Howto 6/2015; Intro 8/2016; Data gathering for Mozilla Location Service
G-MoN (4@4,621) Ǥ 13
Wifi Collector (4@447) 5
WifiMapper - Free Wifi Map (3.9@7,126) Ǥ 17 LastUpdate: 2018-06-12 Intro 7/2015; Kurzvorstellung 7/2015
SWardriving. Wi-Fi Wireless. (3.9@62) 9 LastUpdate: 2017-08-03
WiFi Track (3.8@108) Ǥ 10 LastUpdate: 2013-06-25
Wifi Location Logger (0@0) 7 LastUpdate: 2015-03-19
RadioBeacon (0@0) 11 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-09-15 Github; Wiki; Map wireless networks and cell towers for the radiocells.org database (formerly OpenBmap)

Tethering

WiFi Tethering

2020-02-10

Starting with Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), this comes as a stock-feature, and no longer requires additional apps. Unless your manufacturer removed the feature …

NetShare - no-root-tethering (4.1@8,268) Ǥ 8 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Video Howto 11/2017 (Text); Anleitung 2/2019; can act as WiFi repeater
Wifi Hotspot Tethering (3.9@2,293) 4 LastUpdate: 2015-11-10
FoxFi (WiFi Tether w/o Root) (3.6@59,626) 10 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-12-18 / FoxFi Key (supports PdaNet) (3.5@13,647; ~EUR 8.50) Ǥ 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Review 5/2013
Portable WiFi Hotspot FREE (3.5@155) 4 LastUpdate: 2016-06-30
Tetherfy(WiFi Tether w/o Root) (2.7@3,421) 5 LastUpdate: 2016-08-02
TetherSetting | free tethering (2.7@752) 4 LastUpdate: 2015-04-29 no root required

Bluetooth Tethering

2020-02-10

PdaNet+ (4.2@77,057) 11 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Video Comparison with FoxFi 7/2013; Review 7/2018; Howto 11/2019
FoxFi (WiFi Tether w/o Root) (3.6@59,626) 10 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-12-18 / FoxFi Key (supports PdaNet) (3.5@13,647; ~EUR 8.50) Ǥ 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Review 5/2013
Easy Tether Lite (No root) (3.2@23,109) 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / EasyTether Full (4.3@9,159; ~EUR 9.00) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / EasyTether Pro (3.9@2,190; ~EUR 10.75) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Vorstellung 8/2013

USB Tethering

2020-02-10

ClockworkMod Tether (no root) (4.3@34,739) Ǥ 14
USB Tethering (3.9@4,143) 2 / USB Tether (3.9@108) 2 LastUpdate: 2017-03-26
USB Tethering Pro (3.9@1,882) 5 LastUpdate: 2017-01-15
FoxFi (WiFi Tether w/o Root) (3.6@59,626) 10 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-12-18 / FoxFi Key (supports PdaNet) (3.5@13,647; ~EUR 8.50) Ǥ 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Review 5/2013
Free USB Tethering (3.6@560) Ǥ 6
Quick USB Tethering Wifi (3.4@848) 3
Easy Tether Lite (No root) (3.2@23,109) 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / EasyTether Full (4.3@9,159; ~EUR 9.00) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / EasyTether Pro (3.9@2,190; ~EUR 10.75) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Vorstellung 8/2013
SimpleRT (0@0) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-21 Github

USB Reverse Tethering

2020-02-11

Reverse Tethering NoRoot Free (3.5@902) Ǥ 10
USB Reverse Tethering (3.2@1,513) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-11-28
Reverse Tether [Trial] (3.1@700) 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-12-29 / Reverse Tether (2.8@93; ~EUR 3.00) Ǥ 8 LastUpdate: 2014-12-29

WiFi Tether Toggler (Android 2.2+)

2020-02-11

Locale Wifi Hotspot Plug-in (3.3@759) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-05-02

2020-02-21

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