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> "You can probably configure your machine to emulate this request, and get free WiFi that is intended for iPhones." Gentlemen, start your engines!
by sant0sk1 16y ago
> "You can probably configure your machine to emulate this request, and get free WiFi that is intended for iPhones."
Gentlemen, start your engines!
- portman 16y agoReminds me: on in-flight WiFi, you can set your computer's user agent to be that of an iPhone, and you get to purchase less expensive WiFi. ($5.95 versus $9.95 on my most recent flight)
- drivebyacct2 16y agoJust change your user agent and send out any request to any page...
- pak 16y agoI thought they also thought they checked that the MAC address of the phone corresponds to a plausible iPhone MAC address. So, you might have to change that on your wifi card first (kind of a bother.)
- ryanpetrich 16y agoBoingo caches the user agent of the first HTTP request made via each MAC address and uses that to determine what type of device it is. They also offer (or perhaps offered, I haven't been to an airport in awhile) 1 free hour per iPhone MAC address ;)
- alanh 16y agoRelevant: once I signed up for Boingo. Never again. The only way to unsubscribe is to pick up a phone and call them.