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AT&T Accidentally Provides Free Wi-Fi To All

Posted by kdawson on from the no-longer-obscure dept.

SecureThroughObscure writes tells us about a hack broken by MacOSRumors: you can get free Wi-Fi at Starbucks, Barnes & Noble, and other AT&T hotspots if you know how to set your browser's user agent string (trivial on Safari), and know a valid iPhone phone number. ZDNet blogger Nate McFeters gives some more details and links. This can't last.

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  1. Staying Power by whisper_jeff · · Score: 5, Funny

    A surefire way to ensure that this hack lasts as long as possible is to keep it super-secret and not let AT&T know they screwed up.

    But I'm sure posting the story to slashdot is fine. Nobody reads this site, after all...

  2. what's next by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Next you're gonna be telling us how to get free wifi from all those "Linksys" hotspots, aren't you?

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    This guy's the limit!
    1. Re:what's next by SCHecklerX · · Score: 2, Funny

      Hey! That's the name of mine at home! Well..the one on the DMZ that redirects all http traffic through a proxy that does interesting things with images, anyway.

  3. Re:What's with the Yuppie hate? by Jupiter+Jones · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Someone who has a job and/or business that earns good money after spending a lot of time studing and/or working hard to become successful?"

    I'd like to think that the letter you left out of the above sentence is a 'd' instead of a 'y'.

    It's the romantic in me.

    JJ

  4. Outrageous! by hacksoncode · · Score: 2, Funny
    Apple should demand that iPhone users not give their phone number to other people because they might abuse this!

    Errrr...