ULPT request: How to crash another phone on same network

Posted by burner4lyf25@reddit | UnethicalLifeProTips | View on Reddit | 17 comments

Somebody in my shared property just ruthlessly plays TOP VOLUME TikTok’s all night through early hours into the morning - 2/3 second clips over and over and over. Weve had hundreds of conversations/arguements about this.

If we’re both on the same local network, can I get in and crash their phone to shut them tf up? And is there any way to shut them up when they’re on their mobile network - ie get in whilst they’re on our joint Wi-Fi and put something in place that would work when they’re on their own network?

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MintyFresh668@reddit

Is your phone and theirs android or iOS ?

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burner4lyf25@reddit (OP)

Im iOS they’re android

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MintyFresh668@reddit

It’s a bunch harder in iOS sadly. Could you get a dirt cheap, even used, Android device. Yoj could then port something like Kali or Backtrack to it, huge numbers of tutorials on using the tools that come with.

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i_dont_wanna_sign_in@reddit

Depends entirely on the model of the router you're using. Some of them do not allow cross communication on wifi by default (sometimes called device isolation), but not all.

You could try looking for exploits for the person's phone to attempt to nuke it but most likely they'll be patched up about as quickly as the exploits are released and if you're not already good at device and network security you've got a lot of work ahead of you.

Anything you do to try to curb this person's use of wifi will ultimately result in them not using the wifi and just switching to cellular. Perhaps this person cannot pay for unlimited data, but even then TicTok videos still have sound at ultra low quality video settings. Let's assume that the roommate cannot afford unlimited cellular and will not pay for it.

Most cheap consumer routers do not allow you to do advanced network throttling so you're not likely able to throttle the site specifically. You may be able to throttle the phone by MAC, but phones can, and often do, spoof MAC addresses, and as stated above, even a slow connection still gets sound. You could possibly block the site, but that would tip off the roommate immediately.

One fun thing you can do is if you're logged into the router manually block the dude from using wifi for 2-3 seconds at a time when this is going on. Unblock for 20 seconds and just go nuts. Most of the videos will be cached but it will still be a pain when videos just won't load and maybe it'll deter this behavior slightly.

But what you should really do is just sneak into the roommates room and submerge the phone in urine for a few minutes and then sneak back out. Every night. For weeks. Or just smash it with a hammer. When Vine was a thing I had a coworker who would let them play, loud, because he knew it drove us crazy, which is why I got into our firewall and forwarded all Vine traffic from his devices to shock sites.

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PrestigiousPromise20@reddit

Type in 192.168.1.1 while connected to the wifi. Should get you access to the router to block access or slow speed. You could also get another computer to take all the messages and loop them for a few seconds before letting them into the internet. (Not a computer person but my son is… this was his recommendation for a friend of mine whose boarder was watching porn all night.)

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StalkMeNowCrazyLady@reddit

Much better method is to run an ipconfig command in command prompt and see what the gateway is. Most gateway management is either .1 or .254 for the last octet of the network. To actually access the router and any config settings though your going to need the username and PW for the gateway config. Most routers these days don't use set default credentials and instead list the random password it came with on a sticker on the router. OP probably doesn't have access to the router.

They could run a tool like Wireshark or Angry IP scanner and see if they can identify the IP of the device owned by the "offender" and then use something like LOIC to DDOS the device. The only problem is once they disconnect from Wi-Fi and go to a cell connection this method will quit working.