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Facebook and Cisco Offer Check-In Service For Free Wifi

Posted by timothy on from the if-the-trade-makes-sense dept.

cagraham writes "According to TechCrunch, Facebook and Cisco are now expanding their joint "Facebook Wifi" program nationwide. The service directs customers who connect to a store's wifi to a landing page where they are encouraged to "check-in" to the business in order to be connected. While users can currently opt out of this and still be connected, the "skip this" button is noticeably difficult to find. The free software integrates with businesses existing routers and providers. Facebook provides reports to participating businesses as well, complete with anonymized aggregate data on the demographics of the customers who checked-in."

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  1. Difficult to find? by twocows · · Score: 3, Informative

    Difficult to find? Hardly. I'm all for faulting Facebook when it's deserved, but the "skip check-in" link is in plain sight (link).

  2. Re:How do they do that? by mythosaz · · Score: 3, Informative

    On Android, I use WiFi Web Login

    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.uk.syslynx.wifiwebloginapp&hl=en

    Teach it how to click "no thanks, just log me in" and off you go.