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Once upon a time not long ago, I got off from my flight into a foreign country (I don't have a SIM card that would work there). I turned on my wifi and was deli
by perryizgr8 5y ago
Once upon a time not long ago, I got off from my flight into a foreign country (I don't have a SIM card that would work there). I turned on my wifi and was delighted to see they had a public network you can use. There was a captive portal, and the only sign in options (besides using a local phone number) were Facebook and Google. I chose Google, and entered my id and password. Google promptly went into the "sus" mode as you described.
Now I can't use option 1 or 2 because I don't have internet access until Google approves my sign in. I can't use option 3 because I don't have a SIM card that would work locally. Thankfully Facebook login worked.
- userbinator 5y agoThat's when you turn on the DNS tunnel (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7619259 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7619259 ). If they somehow detect that and try to block, change your MAC and repeat. Those bastards deserve it for trying to force users into megacorps' services.
- perryizgr8 5y agoWow that's something devious!