For Half A Year My Neighbor Mooched Off My Internet. What I Did To Get Even Was 100% Legal (But Savage

Published on 10/02/2025
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Breakfast And A Laugh

There I was, in fuzzy slippers with a bowl of cereal, scrolling through Daniel’s digital misadventures and trying not to snort milk through my nose — his earnest requests for “good hacking tutorials for beginners” were peak amateur hour. Watching him flail online while he obviously thought he was leveling up felt like a private comedy sketch, and each failed bluster or clueless query became my morning’s entertainment.

Breakfast And A Laugh

Breakfast And A Laugh

Instead of feeling vindictive, I found myself oddly invested in his learning curve, quietly rooting for him to either get better or spectacularly implode in the most amusing way possible.

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Setting The Perfect Trap

Blocking him outright would’ve been too straightforward and lacking in theatrical flair, so I aimed for a sting that targeted his swollen ego instead. I created a fake network called “DanielIsALeak,” a petty, gleeful flourish designed to bait him, and then waited with the impatient satisfaction of someone watching a slow-motion pratfall.

Setting The Perfect Trap

Setting The Perfect Trap

The setup was equal parts smug and surgical: no shouting matches, no awkward confrontations—just a deliciously obvious lure dangling over a gullible neighbor who’d swallowed his own hype about being tech-savvy.

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