Originally Posted by
stut
I doubt many wifi providers work this way these days, but you never know.
(Just tried it with a BT Openzone hotspot visible from my office. It didn't work...)
Yeah this technique used to work a few years ago but very rarely now - it worked in a similar way that using the browser on your mobile didn't work, but requests made through apps (like Facebook, FourSquare) would work. Again you can sometimes get away with this but rarely.
As others have said, this article is actually quite good compared to the normal nonsense you see.