Munenge mugore ra2000, injini inonzi Peter Shipley yakagadzira izwi rokuti wardriving kureva tsika yekutsvaga nemaune nzvimbo yemo kutsvaka Wi-Fi wireless network signals. Mr. Shipley akapayona tsika yekushandisa motokari, Global Positioning System (GPS), uye antenna yakasungirirwa kuti ione mitambo isina kusachengetedzwa yemasvingo epamba.
Apo kugadziridza kwakatanga kuve kwakakurumbira, vanhu vashomanana vakanga vaisa mapepa emisha ekugara. Vamwe vaiita basa rekuchengetera varindi mumazuva iwayo vakangoita mapepa panzvimbo iyo chero maranho avakawana. Vamwe vane vavariro dzakaipa zvikuru vakaedza kuvhara mune dzimwe dzemaetaneti. Vamwe vakatorawo muitiro unosangana we warchalking - kutarisa pedo nekatsetse nekodhiyo mazano ekubvumira vamwe kuwana dzimwe nzvimbo dzekugara (kazhinji, vasina kuchengeteka).
Wardriving yaive yakakakavadzana kubva pakutanga, asi yakasimudzira kuziva kwekukosha kwekutengesa kushandiswa kweterevhizheni nekuchengetedzwa kwevakawanda kubvira ikozvino yakashandisa nheyo dzehutano hwehutano hweWi-Fi dzakadai seWPA encryption. Nepo vamwe vachifunga nezvekuchengetera vashandi fadhi iyo nguva yavo yapfuura, dzimwe nguva zviitiko zvakakosha zvakadai seGoogle Street View kuongorora ma Wi-Fi mitambo muna 2010 inoita kuti ione.
Zvimwe zvinonzi Spellings: kutyaira kwehondo