Comments on: Bad Hotel Cookies

By: Mackenzie

Mackenzie — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:34:02 +0000

I’m in a hotel and haven’t tried to switch to WiFi because I’m afraid iBahn goes by MAC address, and of course my wired and wireless are different MACs, and I don’t want to have to repay. I’d rather they used a login screen with your room number or something so I could be sure it was safe to switch between wired and wireles.

By: SarahB

SarahB — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:19:13 +0000

I love traveling too but I remember staying in this one hotel that smelled like being downwind of a row of porta-potties, mixed with cigar smoke…it was disgusting!Have you every had any bad experiences, OMG please share! Gee what difficulty you were having BTW.

Check out this funny video, called “Ballad of a Traveler”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2tgnUsj8NE>

YouTube – Ballad of a Traveler

I work with Hampton Inn, and I’d love to hear your horror stories! What’s the worst experience you’ve ever had at a hotel? (I always get a kick outta this!)

By: mneptok

mneptok — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:22:07 +0000

Again, the IP assigned by the hotel does not have the ability to pass packets through the router until you visit a website in a Javascript-capable browser and get the cookie set.

VPNs require a valid IP, last I checked.

By: bleh

bleh — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:17:08 +0000

I’m sure you didn’t do any private, non-encrypted browsing on that unsecured wlan, or did you? It’s not only the provider that can read anything you do, anyone who can listen in on your radio signals can do that. There can be no expectation of privacy.

I suggest you either use a VPN connection to a network you control, or only browse using https (use a proxy you control if your device doesn’t support VPN).

By: Alexander Jones

Alexander Jones — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:40:29 +0000

Is there something wrong with using VPN?