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Re: Wireless Weirdness...

On 10/19/06, Chuck Lewis <chuck.lewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

So how the heck did they hijack those browsers and isn't that really pushing

into a gray area ?



Same thing happens in Starbucks and many hotels and anywhere else that
internet access is on a pay-as-you-go basis.  They are not hijacking the
browser, they are hijacking the TCP/IP traffic, and sending it through their
authentication system.

Regarding the the fellow giving internet access away to the whole apartment
building ... Robin Hood many have had wonderful motives but he was still a
thief.

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