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Re: How is public WiFi meant to work?

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Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid>:

> In the days of yore, one chose a public WiFi node, and then when one
> entered a URL into a browser, the WiFi node served up a page that
> redirected one to a terms-acceptance page. One clicked on that. Job
> done.
>
> These days, the URL one enters is likely to be for the https protocol.
> The WiFi node cannot redirect that, and nor can it pretend to be the
> target page.
>
> So, in today's world, just how is this meant to work?

You use 4G data?


Marko

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How is public WiFi meant to work? Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> - 2019-04-20 12:50 +1000
  Re: How is public WiFi meant to work? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2019-04-20 05:02 +0000
    Re: How is public WiFi meant to work? Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2019-04-20 03:11 -0300
    Re: How is public WiFi meant to work? Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> - 2019-04-20 16:54 +1000
  Re: How is public WiFi meant to work? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2019-04-20 10:38 +0300
  Re: How is public WiFi meant to work? RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2019-04-20 09:02 +0000
    Re: How is public WiFi meant to work? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2019-04-20 14:44 +0000
      Re: How is public WiFi meant to work? RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2019-04-21 19:56 -0400
  Re: How is public WiFi meant to work? not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2019-04-21 00:12 +0000

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