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> If you have to disclose your identity in order to use free WiFi it pretty much kills free WiFi. Don't you already have to do this with most free wifi? A lot

• jtl999 10y ago
  Starbucks in Canada: I just accept an agreement and it works. No login needed.
  • iLoch 10y ago
    But that's because they can already track your identity by correlating purchases and wifi accesses.
    • icebraining 10y ago
      If you pay with cash, how are they tracking your identity?
      • jtl999 10y ago
        My point exactly. Not to mention you could just be in a car hacking away on their wifi.
      • x0x0 10y ago
        A wifi mac address is probably traceable for the vast majority of users. I'm aware you can change them, but most people aren't.
    • noiv 10y ago
      Sure, copyright infringement proven by latte macchiato.
    • extra88 10y ago
      A) No. B) VPN
• vog 10y ago
  Almost every café in Berlin that has wifi: Ask for the wiki password at the bar, or find it next to the menu card, or at some wall. The only problem is that many cafés / bars don't provide wifi, because they are afraid of providing wifi at all due to the "Störerhaftung" (a legal issue that exists almost nowhere except in Germany). Luckily, there's Freifunk and VPNs to the rescue.