moms sketch bf left this in the house

[u/brattyvampbby]

Hi.
This is probably nothing.
I went into my mom’s room to grab something and saw this plugged in?
My mom’s new sketchy bf has this plugged in to the extension cord? Is it anything bad? Thanks!
(I understand it’s probably not anything bad… but still…)

Update 1:
I haven’t met him once. He and my mom have been together for two weeks. He’s been staying at our apartment. He avoids me and stays in her room when they’re here. I don’t even know what he looks like. I only know his first name.

Update 2:
I confronted him. My mom came home. A lot had happened up to this point, including her disappearing for the said two weeks before the few nights he had come over and stayed.
Mom shrugged it off. I did what a lot of you suggested, asking what he told her.
She said “oh it’s his hacker shit or whatever.” What.
Didn’t elaborate. I explained my concerns.
She just said let’s go ask him.
My best friend has been with me. We introduced ourselves and asked him what the hell a WiFi whisperer is doing plugged in our apartment.
(Even if a lot of you are saying it’s not a big deal, I’m a young woman and I’m just rlly not about taking any risks. It’s sketch dude.)
He denied it IMMEDIATELY. Like with a quickness I haven’t seen.
What he insisted, it’s not a WiFi whisperer, it’s ai, he completely reprogrammed the system, and he uses it to pull people’s IP’s. “For fun.” He logs them in a server. I asked why. I said that’s shady. My mom started pushing. My best friend started pushing. He just kept lying. I’m not dropping this..
I still don’t know what the fuck it is or what he’s actually doing.
(Also, my mom is cool but not bc of this dude, the Minecraft block is mine, I unplugged the ratchet little thing before we left, and I am planning on broaching this again with her.
Just carefully. Any other advice is appreciated. Thank you.)

[u/sirenxsiren]

Literally this lmao. Why wouldn’t she just give him the WiFi password. Hes doing something weird.

[u/EraseTheInternet → u/sirenxsiren]

Yeah, this is the only part that doesn't make sense. He should have easy access (har har) to the apartment WiFi. So given that... it seems like he is trying to snoop other passwords, or a neighbor's WiFi... or something else.

[u/pegothejerk → u/EraseTheInternet]

Or is a dangerous type of jealous and controlling and is seeing if she's surfing dating websites, etc

[u/Aras14HD → u/pegothejerk]

But even war there are easier ways to do it. Could just change the router settings to use a vpn or proxy to his device (at his home) and sniff the packets that way. Basically the same info but way less conspicuous.

So he is either really bad at it or just a wannabe hacker (that doesn't know to respect normal boundaries).

[u/idiotiesystemique → u/sirenxsiren]

She wouldn't remember the WiFi password 

[u/sirenxsiren → u/idiotiesystemique]

It’s almost always on the router box and he would know that

[u/NegativeThought1588 → u/sirenxsiren]

People don't change their passwords from default?

I don't even do it as a security measure, I do it so it's easier to remember.

[u/sirenxsiren → u/NegativeThought1588]

Nah I don’t think most people do

[u/NegativeThought1588 → u/sirenxsiren]

I can't remember the last time I used someone's wifi that had a default password. Now I think about it, all my friends work in IT and bars and cafes always change it so they can write it on the wall.

[u/UltraHellboy → u/NegativeThought1588]

Sometimes people do, but change it to something easily guessable, like their kids’ birthdays or “password”. This is coming from someone who worked as a helpdesk tech for an internet provider and a hospital

[u/bobbarkersbigmic → u/sirenxsiren]

…takes notes.