Chat Messages as 802.11 ESSID Beacons

You know how your neighbors sometimes set clever WiFi names on their networks? Something like “FBI Surveillance Van” or “It hurts when IP”.

I though there should be an application where we should be able to chat via WiFi network names, in a more convenient way.

Since the Gods of AI have blessed us with cursor, I (cough cough cursor) wrote the following Linux CLI application which does exactly that. Messages are sent as 802.11 beacons, and any beacons that match formatting are displayed.

Check out the source code and download it here: https://github.com/dimme/wifi-chat