Some people give their WiFi network wacky ironic names to discourage neighbors from using it, like "Free Viruses" and "We_Can_Hear_You_Having_Sex." Over in Teaneck, N.J., they push the envelope a little bit, at least at the local recreation center, where someone gave the WiFi network at the Richard Rodda Community Center a very offensive name. "When I first saw it, I said, 'Did that say what I thought it said?," a local woman tells the Daily News. "I was shocked, hurt. I felt harassed." Which is understandable, because the WiFi in question was named "F--- All Jews And N----."
The woman, who is black, says the WiFi network appeared on her phone while she was trying to get Internet access at the community center Tuesday night. Police were summoned, and told her they'd received similar complaints about the signal Friday during a "teen night" event at the center. Now the Bergen County "Office Computer Crime Unit" is now investigating the incident as a bias crime. (Just in case it wasn't abundantly clear, the uncensored version of that does not say "Friend All Jews And New Yorkers.")
Teaneck is one of the most diverse communities in New Jersey, but the incident comes on the heels of a string of anti-Semitic against the Jewish community attacks in Bergen County. The FBI is investigating the firebombing of a rabbi's home and synagogue last Wednesday, and three other small synagogues have been attacked since December. And closer to home, the NYPD is investigating a rash of anti-Semitic hate crimes in Brooklyn and Chelsea, where one arrest has been made.
