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Forums › Spark New Zealand (including Skinny and BigPipe) › Spark free WiFi issues
PassiveFever81

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#160167 26-Dec-2014 19:41
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So I'm out and about on my Christmas holiday & came across a Spark phone box with free Wifi (which I get free on my plan)
connected my iPhone 6 to the network...  Couldn't do anything, chrome gave me security errors saying the network wasn't protected etc and wouldn't let me browse or access anything internet related... 

Any reason why this is?




 

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richms
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  #1204276 26-Dec-2014 22:26
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Yes, have that issue. They are man in the middleing any https connection to try to get the splash screen show. They are advising people to ignore security warnings to get the spoofed content to show.

IMO both are inexcusable. At least on an android the OS trys a http request and will specifically pop open a browser to the non https site to get you to log in, whereas https gets you an error that you are being spoofed, because you are.

Try opening a browser and going to a URL that doesnt have https like yahoo.com and it should redirect you without the error.




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