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Re:WiFi without internet on a Southwest flight by pbhjpbhj on Thursday September 28, 2023 @07:06PM (#37697126)
So you just take a photo of anyone's QR code? I'm not sure the hidden SSID achieves anything, that is presumably plaintext in the wi-fi transmission?
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Re:WiFi without internet on a Southwest flight by eru on Friday September 29, 2023 @12:12AM (#37699182)
That QR code would only be displayed for a short time, and mostly only people sitting directly behind you could snap the picture.

It's not airtight, but better than the system it would be replacing.

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Re:WiFi without internet on a Southwest flight by cxcorp on Friday September 29, 2023 @02:18PM (#37708152)
The hidden SSID stops the users' WiFi list being full of random, password protected SSIDs when they just want to connect to the open portal WiFi.
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