"We Can Hear You Having Sex"
Farhad Manjoo and Emily Yoffe debate whether it's rude to send a message by renaming your Wi-Fi network.
Posted Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011, at 5:36 AM
This week, Farhad Manjoo and Emily Yoffe discuss whether it's rude or brilliant to send a message to your neighbors by renaming your Wi-Fi network. Listen to Episode 20 using the audio player below or by opening this player in a new tab.
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You'll find previous episodes here:
Is It OK To Tweet Your Own Horn?
Keeping Your Email Address Private
Getting Scooped on Facebook
Enough with the Earbuds
Texting During Dinner with Co-Workers
Are Some Things Better Expressed NOT On Your Facebook Page
Who Invited the Smartphone to Dinner?
Accepting a Friend Request
Sharing Passwords
Email Gone Astray
Must I Tell Facebook I'm "In a Relationship"?
Can I Ignore a Tweet Directed at Me?
Hiding Your Party’s Guest List
Declaring Your Love on Facebook
How Late Is Too Late to Text?
Can I Split a Check With Groupon?
Can I Use My Phone at a Dinner Party?
Should I Return a Missed Call?
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Farhad Manjoo is Slate's technology columnist and the author of True Enough: Learning To Live in a Post-Fact Society. You can email him at farhad.manjoo@slate.com and follow him on Twitter.
Emily Yoffe is a regular Slate contributor. She writes the Dear Prudence and Human Guinea Pig columns. You can send Dear Prudence questions for publication to prudence@slate.com. (Questions may be edited.) Subscribe to Emily Yoffe's Facebook page.
Illustration by Robert Neubecker.