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Usually connect to Walmart's WiFi but they changed their policy I guess, won't be doing that now... (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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[–] 40 points 2 years ago (7 children)

In the EU they already had a complaint, because it violates GDPR, but in any case I would never use a public WiFi without a VPN, and even less in places with these conditions, there is also free WiFi in some Rstaurants (even in most McDonalds), public Libraries and others. Fuck surveillance advertising

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Agreed. My iPhone connects to my home VPN via Wireguard as soon as I leave my home WiFi. Has the added benefit of pihole ad filtering everywhere.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Have you experienced any downsides to using pi hole? Does anything stop working?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    In the 6 years I've ran mine, I've not had any issues and I run a blocklist with over 1 million domains on it.

    If I was to run into something that's blocked that I do want loaded, I can just open the pihole interface and either whitelist the blocked domain or disable blocking for a short time, each with just a couple clicks.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Went to a Walmart the other day and my phone automatically connected to a wifi that was apparently hosted by my cell carrier. Immediately turned on my VPN because wtf. I disconnected at first then realized I didn't have any service at all which was probably why it existed. Thankfully didn't need to log in but that's why I have Firefox relay.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    They seem to explain pretty well how your data will be used, why would this violate GDPR?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    I have seen it on Europe... maybe there was some way to circumvent it hidden away, not sure. But you could type a random email and that's it, like they don't send anything to confirm the email or anything once you submit you have access to internet.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    Right, and this Walmart in Europe would be where exactly?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    AFAIK it does not exist in Europe, but I meant that these conditions in the EU would not be tolerated. Maybe because of this there isn't a Walmart in the EU, there are a lot of Malls from other companies and none of these use this practices in their restaurants, mostly with free WiFi for their visitors. Offering free WiFi is already enough of a benefit for them, because it attracts customers, they do not need to intrude on their privacy with an obvious attempt to spam them and make money with their data.

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