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I hate Wi-Fi landing pages, you hate Wi-Fi landing pages, and guess what? The firewall also hates landing pages. (media.witter.cz)

submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I mean, you run your own firewall (that's what I got from the title) amongst I assume other privacy controlling measures (tho it's really just an assumption) and also wanna use a public network of a goddamn shopping center...

are you really surprised?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

No, I don't run a firewall. It's their own firewall that blocks their own landing page where I would see an "accept terms" prompt.

A difference my phone has from a usual setup is that I replaced the http://connectivitycheck.android.com/ ping address with 127.0.0.1 (which never fails so my phone does not complain about "limited" networks). A side effect is that I have to go to http://neverssl.com/ or another HTTP-only page in my browser to show captive portals. This is why the right screenshot is in Firefox, not WebView.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Ah, alright. That's pretty shitty.

Though it's still not the wisest to use these open wifi networks. Their firewall did a favor tor you IMO. 😄