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Old Jun 13, 2011 | 9:16 pm
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Or, someone else on the plane was at GoGo, not trying to hack your account, and the planes Internet access point is giving out it's IP(the only one it has) to the World and GoGo caught on.




Originally Posted by PaperQueen
If a plane offers GoGo, it's a given I'll be online the moment we clear 10,000 feet--typically, a couple of flights per week.

On Thursday (MSP>OKC), I logged into GoGo using my MacBook Pro. Was humming along just fine...posting messages on Facebook (https login), confirming flight info on a couple of travel websites, launched Thunderbird to process work-related emails...the usual.

While in Thunderbird, outbound messages suddenly slowed waaaaaay down, each one hanging for 30-45 seconds before actually "departing." Then, the shocker--an error message popped up saying Thunderbird could no longer send emails because another computer in the network shared my IP address.



Needless to say, I immediately shut everything down, worried that someone on the flight had hacked their way into my laptop.

Looking back, I doubt whether or not that's possible, but am just paranoid enough now to question what the heck happened. Anyone here (with a depth of Apple knowledge) have some insight to share? This one's got me stumped.

Thanks in advance.
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