Conversation

Notices

1. Embed this notice
   翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jan-2024 09:00:19 JST 翠星石

   in reply to

   • BrianKrebs
   @briankrebs A Wi-Fi-backed internet connection is gratis in many hotels simply because a slow internet connection can be paid for with only the tiniest fraction of the businesses profits.
   
   Still, many hotels try their hardest to turn a profit on the internet connection as well.
   
   Your problem seems to be how you're running proprietary software that serves another master and not you and therefore automatically carries out requests to advertising networks.
   
   Also, imagine agreeing to a "terms of service".
   • Embed this notice
     BrianKrebs (briankrebs@infosec.exchange)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jan-2024 09:00:20 JST BrianKrebs

     If you've ever wondered why some Wi-Fi is free (like in hotels), it's because typically data about your browsing is sold to countless ad companies that will happily buy it.

     Had to use the hotel WiFi recently on a trip, and after clicking "agree" to their terms of service, the Little Snitch firewall on my Mac went bonkers. I must have denied 20-30 outbound requests to advertising networks. It still worked, though, so I'm guessing I didn't manage to block all of it.