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All I can see if a hand for a cursor, and my right click button is disabled to even check on the source.
239,989,522 wifi networks: https://wigle.net
This is not mapping free WiFi hotspots. This is mapping open Wifi hotspots. They are not the same. For example, KPN in the Netherlands is not free, and xfinity wifi in the USA is not free. For this to have any sort of credibility, there needs to be a discriminant filter mapping truly free vs open hotspots. For me this current map is too noisy to be of value. Try using it for free internet, and you too may run into di…
One other level of classification that is missing here is "Free, but requires a local phone number." Oftentimes, the operator will send you an SMS with a one-time password, but they require a local phone number to send it to. Or they use your phone number to de-anonymize you, so it must be a phone number from their local country. When traveling, this makes these "open" access points effectively useless, unless you de…
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You are right. I already removed the xfinity hotspots. We'll be adding a feedback form into our web + mobile app so non-free or low quality APs can be removed.
Also 'BTOpenzone/BT WiFi/BT FON' networks in the UK. Absolute rips as well for price.
In case anyone can't find the Netherlands, I could understand why: http://i.snag.gy/7vbiZ.jpg This also explains why I'm so frustrated with WiFi abroad: I probably got spoiled here. Here we can find WiFi in the most unlikely of places (e.g. supermarkets, buses); in Germany you can find one in a coffee shop if you're lucky, but that one is probably paid as well, just like all the other ones.