alt Hacker NewsSo… hear me out. Could I connect this to an airline’s paid in-flight WiFi network, and then broadcast an open network to effectively open up access to all other passengers for free? If enough WiFi pirates do this on flights perhaps it would kill paid WiFi entirely (just need enough Good Samaritans)
(And yes I know there are other bypasses you can do like spoofing MAC addresses to get around some device count restrictions)
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That’s not going to be an issue at all domestically soon unless you fly one of the cheapest airlines.
Delta has had free WiFi for awhile now as does JetBlue and I believe Southwest. It’s coming soon to AA and United.
I fly Delta 99% of the time.
Playing with fire. It could be potentially construed as an attempt to steal personal info.
I’ve done this. Works fine. Issue in general is the airlines throttle the heck out of devices.
Maybe. And then get throttled or banned for using too much bandwidth. You don't need this product to do this though, you can do the same thing with a laptop and your phone
Probably. I do this with a GLinet and it works great.
Flight internet usually comes with a data quota.
Why would this kill paid wifi? A bunch of airlines are already switching to free wifi anyways, but the ones that aren't seem unlikely to just kick back as an army of easily-identifiable tech bros attempt to defraud them. It's a bit like trying to steal money from the bank after you've handed them your ID and debit card.
Really what you should be doing is setting the SSID to "$2 in flight WiFi!" and selling access.
You'll make tens of ... dollars every flight.