I checked in late at the Embassy Suites Baltimore Inner Harbor. It was 11PM or later when I needed to use the Internet for work. I was given the password to login but never use those since I have a login for any Hilton property.

No matter what I did, I couldn't get the Internet to connect or give me the standard Hilton login page. I finally gave up and used my smartphone as a hotspot to get my work done. The next morning, in the elevator to breakfast, I was talking to another Diamond member and he commented that he had the same issue and had to call the front desk and provide the MAC address of the the device he wanted to connect. I was shocked in hearing this since each individual device has its own specific MAC address and can be tracked back to the owner.

It explains why I couldn't connect. Is this property aware of the cyber crime implications of them asking for this information? If these addresses are stolen and someone clones that address, which is very easy, the owner would be liable for any malicious behavior done by the cloned device. Is the Embassy Suites and Hilton willing to take on this liability?

I have informed the Diamond desk of this practice at this property. I would avoid staying at this Embassy suites until this policy is removed.