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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. It might last... by sith · · Score: 5, Informative

    Even if every /.'er did this, it still would be a drop in a bucket compared to the number of folks who happily pay the fee.

    For example, many pay wifi points can be circumvented just by connecting to a VPN over UDP (since they're only filtering TCP requests). I doubt they're going broke due to that issue though..

    1. Re:It might last... by aesiamun · · Score: 4, Informative

      Here you go