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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: nokitty on July 15, 2012, 12:42 am

Title: public hotspot WIFI: how to get around user ID portal login?
Post by: nokitty on July 15, 2012, 12:42 am
there are plenty of hotspots i can find that dont require me to login with any identifying info, but i would like to expand my pool of possible public access points and was wondering if anyone knew of any tips/tricks/hacks to get around logging into a public access point portal.

could i scan the area for another user's MAC and sneak in with that?
Title: Re: public hotspot WIFI: how to get around user ID portal login?
Post by: sundhara on July 15, 2012, 02:14 am
I know of two ways to access SR using public hotspots with a login feature.

The first one, is getting an Android device and installing the necessary applications. Connect to the network, get through the start page, open up your Tor for Android and then Or2Web and have fun :)

Second one: Boot up your computer normally. Connect to Wi-Fi, open your Browser of choice, get through the login screen. Now you may either open up your Live OS using a Virtual System, or just restart your laptop, boot via CD/DVD/USB/etc. They work based on MAC addresses, as you correctly identified, so there is no reason to go into all this spoofing business.

Just to be realllllly paranoid though... you could always replace your Wi-Fi chip (or use a USB Wi-Fi Dongle :))