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From my understanding, this only happens when you are near an open Wifi wich has a 'login' page. (Like in hotels, airports etc..). If memory serves, Android sh
by fla 11y ago
From my understanding, this only happens when you are near an open Wifi wich has a 'login' page. (Like in hotels, airports etc..).
If memory serves, Android shows up this notification when it detects the http are redirected to a login page.
I suppose it can get really annoying if you have many of these around you on daily basis.
- kuschku 11y agoIn Germany, until a few weeks ago, we had the concept of Störerhaftung: Unless you could prove that all users of your WiFi were educated by you about pirating and co, YOU were liable for their actions. So, every single WiFi had login pages. Everywhere. And many cities have full WiFi in the downtown area. Wherever you go, every few meters, a new hotspot, a new login page, a new vibration. I just turned all WiFi stuff off.
- DarkLinkXXXX 11y agoReally? Needing to use a web browser every time I connected to a network would drive me mad. There's more to the internet than port 80, dammit!
- fla 11y agoThat sounds as stupid as the Accept cookies popup. Politics and internet...
- guitarbill 11y agoIronically, these still show up even if you block all cookies from being set in your browser. Worse, some terrible implementations use cookies to store your consent... so if you block all cookies, the popups keep coming.
- Nadya 11y agoI have to build these on occasion when working with UK clients. How do you suggest a better implementation to not ask again? If you click "don't store my cookies" and I don't store your cookies how do I know not to alert you again? If you clear your own cookies - how do I know you've visited before? My cookie isn't there anymore. Is it terrible UX? Sure. But law is law and it's a law with the "right idea" (some people are unaware they are being tracked online through cookies!) but "wrong way to go around it". More frustrating than privacy focused as it only serves to irritate those who care about their privacy.
- maxerickson 11y agoMy phone doesn't seem to have the option to automatically connect to open networks. I only spent a couple minutes looking though.