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I haven't been to France in a while. Is this actually enforced in any meaningful way? Like, you can't go to Starbucks or a shopping center and use their wifi wi
by hannob 4y ago
I haven't been to France in a while. Is this actually enforced in any meaningful way? Like, you can't go to Starbucks or a shopping center and use their wifi without some kind of identity verification? How does that practically work?
- maximus-decimus 4y agoI imagine they just use their super cheap cellular data plans.
- jraph 4y agoYes. However, at some places, like inside some buildings, you have a good wifi but very bad mobile network reception. In high speed trains the wifi might also be stabler than your phone because the system behind the wifi is designed to work with the high speed you are moving at.
- soco 4y agoMy experience with train wifi is that the wifi signal is great but beyond the portal nothing else works.
- jraph 4y agoI regularly take the train. I've had good experiences most of the times, and catastrophic experiences some of the times. It depends on the location, also. Some lines are better served. This is not something you can rely on however. Take it as a bonus if it works.
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- derelicta 4y agoIt's fairly simple; there is a captive portal where you have to enter your phone number, phone number that ends up being validated by sms. and yes its actually surprinsingly enforced. I remember reading an article a few months ago where café's owners had to pay hefty fines for not implementing those "safety" measures.
- tablespoon 4y ago>>> Depending where you are, its illegal. For example in France, if you dont keep a register of whoever used your wi-fi, you are in breach of anti-terrorist norms. > It's fairly simple; there is a captive portal where you have to enter your phone number, phone number that ends up being validated by sms. They have similar requirements in China, and they do exactly the same thing there.
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- registeredcorn 4y agoWhat about people who don't own a phone?
- scarface74 4y agoThe worldwide cell phone penetration rate is 91% https://www.bankmycell.com/blog/how-many-phones-are-in-the-world https://www.bankmycell.com/blog/how-many-phones-are-in-the-w... It’s not a money maker for them, I doubt they care.
- Am4TIfIsER0ppos 4y agoMore government pressure to require you to carry a tracking device.
- scarface74 4y agoYes because without government pressure the 92% of the worlds population wouldn’t have cell phones.
- Am4TIfIsER0ppos 4y agoCarrot then stick.
- jraph 4y agoUsually, captive portals make you enter your name and your email address. Many times, you can just put garbage, click ok and you have your internet access. There's no email verification in many places. Some wifi access points (like the ones from cities) make you create an account though.
- mnw21cam 4y agoHow would you verify your email address while you're trying to get wifi access if you don't have wifi access?
- jraph 4y agoYes. (more seriously, they could make it very annoying until you verify, like let you connect for a few minutes only, or at very low speed. Still, yes, and I guess this is a major reason why they don't make people verify their email address)