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It wasn't the correct answer.
What was the question?
They're still working on that.
Airpass – Easily overcome WiFi time limits
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#172Alternatively, if you don't want to run the whole Electron app, the money is this line: sudo.exec("/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport en0 -z && ifconfig en0 ether `openssl rand -hex 6 | sed 's/\(..\)/\1:/g; s/.$//'`",
Is this possible on mobile (read iPhone) devices without root?
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#173This is exactly how I managed to get my dorm room’s internet turned off in college. My roommate was unimpressed with my cleverness.
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#174If you really want to screw with these set your MAC address to 00:00:00:00:00:00 It’s an illegal address, but most equipment will take it because test devices occasionally come from the factory with that MAC. But higher level stuff might barf on it because it’s technically illegal.
I tired this once and it bypassed the captive portal and time limits entirely
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200 bytes for the business logic. 47MB for the UI & boilerplate around the business logic. I get that this may be the easiest way to develop and publish an application today, but it's sad that this is the direction we have taken in recent years.
Yes but you need a space station OS (Unix) to enjoy the terseness of 47-200 bytes of business logic. ps: I love both space stations and Unix
The solution to this problem requires you to interact with the OS, so a solution that requires tools found in the OS itself isn't a bad one. Its so simple you can have a script triggered by a desktop shortcut and be done with it.
That all said, a simple GUI API provided by the OS for simple programs like this would be nice, just to give the user better feedback on the process. Is it done? Is it doing anything? Did it run correctly? Etc.. Zenity on linux kinda does that but is not guaranteed to be installed...
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Its called externalized cost and its as real in software as it is IRL
So the cost is there, it's just not paid (directly) by the developer. But we all end up paying someone else's externalized cost, included said developer that is paying some other developers' externalized costs.
Yeah. I’ve been thinking of writing a blog post doing the math on that. If I spend $2000 on a computer, and that gets me a certain amount of ram and cpu and so on, we can figure out a dollar figure on that bloat.
Then multiply by the number of people who use a piece of software (eg slack) and we’d get a figure for the externalised cost of a piece of software.
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#177WOAH. MAC address spoofing is some old school stuff. I got in trouble for it in college.
I didn't realize you could spoof MAC addresses on....well....a Mac but it's not something I'd do lightly.
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#178This is so unethical and no one gives a fuck, society crumbles when people just feel entitled to take more than their fair share.
Agreed.
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#179This is so unethical and no one gives a fuck, society crumbles when people just feel entitled to take more than their fair share.
This is hacker news. Hacker ethos is rooted in the intellectual challenge of overcoming software systems and electronic hardware. It's the same ethos that stole long distance phone minutes, traded warez, and got free satellite channels. You don't have to do those things but you probably won't convince those who do that their 20 extra minutes of wifi will be the downfall of society.
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#180If this site was really hackers, this wouldn't be considered news.