> captive portals don't fake that because they want to be detected so that the browser redirects you to their portal This is not always true; several systems t

> captive portals don't fake that because they want to be detected so that the browser redirects you to their portal This is not always true; several systems try to get you out of the iOS/macOS captive portal detection because it boxes the user into a restrictive frame, and either always impersonate captive.apple.com or begin to impersonate it when they want the user to believe they're "online".