It's not illegal to use "bad" words in public. "CP Distribution Network" falls under my classification of "bad" but if you want to do it, nothing is stopping you.

You would certainly be attracting attention to yourself. When people do thing like this that aren't illegal but that aren't right, they usually find themselves first to be questioned when something illegal does happen. For example, what if there really was a case of CP that the police or FBI were investigating in your area? They would be legally allowed (under confirmed suspicion) to come into your house and take your electronic equipment.

Things like this are often the juvenile and pointless efforts of people acting out. What might seem like a joke is only funny when not placed in context of real events.

CP is an evil, horrible thing. It's a problem that is so harmful that it not only hurts innocent children but has the ability to destroy the lives of everyone involved.

Short answer: no; long answer: yes.

You have a first amendment right to call your network whatever you want - no matter how offensive or sinister it may sound. My own is called Tr0j4n Bo7n37 - it keeps people from wanting to find out what is in there. So - technically you should not get in trouble for your name.

Here's why you will.

Depending on the resources of your local authorities - either the police will track the network to you, or the FBI will be called in on the job. Either way you are in trouble, but oddly enough things will probably be easier on you if the FBI are involved - they tend to have a little bit more discipline.

While to you the name of your network might be a joke that is intended to cause offense; if someone doesn't find it funny, it is the probable cause that law enforcement need to obtain a search warrant - if they even need one. If police have due cause to believe that entering a home will prevent a crime they are able to bust down your door.

If the people busting down your door are police; chances are they won't find your reference to CP very funny - and they may quite possibly be out for revenge for all of the real cases of it that they have investigated. There is a very high likelihood that you will be tased, several times . Your handcuffing will be rough, probably sans shirt and on the street with the obligatory knee in the back and "inadvertent" road scrape; you are likely to injure yourself on the way into the vehicle when you "resist" being put into the police car. The neighbors will be able to witness your humiliation.

If you are picked up by the FBI, thinks will be much more civilized, but the end result will probably be the same. The police will be offended by the joke and the FBI will be upset that you wasted their resources. They will both want a little quid pro quo. They will get it too.

While most people like to think of themselves as law abiding, there are so many laws out there that you are bound to have broken one or more.

Given that the crime is computer-related, they will seize all of the computers in your house. Your ISP will hand over their logs of your activity and you will be placed under a very large and powerful microscope that nobody EVER wants to be under. Do you have any unlicensed software on your computer? They will find it. Have you downloaded any TV shows or movies? They will find them.

Sure, what you end up getting busted for will have nothing to do with what you called your network - after all you have every right to call it whatever you want. But they will get you for something, for the waste of their time and for making light of a very real problem that causes a great deal of stress and mental anguish both to the victims and the investigators that have to sift through countless images and videos that should never have been made.

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There doesn't seem to be any law regarding SSID name restrictions. You will probably just cause more trouble for yourself once people start reporting it.

I can imagine how it plays out:

1. Soccer Mom #1 calls the police warning them that there may be a possible child pornography ring in the area.
2. Police take the report.
3. Soccer Mom #2 calls police wondering if her children are safe from neighborhood child pornography ring.
4. Police look into matter because of continued reports.
5. ISP gets involved and is asked to locate user with questionable SSID.
6. SWAT breaks down your door expecting to see video cameras, covered windows and basement dungeon.
7. You sue local authorities, but lose in court because there was "probable cause."
8. You're out lawyers fees, cost of door repair and a confiscated router.

While this is a far stretch of reality, I recommend you just go with "My Wireless Connection" or "Pirate Hub" or something like that. Then again, my neighbors use "HookersANDBlow" for their SSID, so what do I know?