I just clone someone else’s already active mac address, it works every time
This is a beautifully simple solution! I hadn’t thought of that but I’ll have to keep it in mind.
Do you think you’d have to move closer to another AP? I do think a duplicate a MAC address might would connectivity problems at least while connected to the same AP.
My email is whatever shit protonpass comes up with when I generate a random alias. Phone number is 3334445566 Name is: lol no Gender is undisclosed DoB is January 1st of the first year I can select. Otherwise, 1900 And income is 1.
There, free WiFi.
Personally I like giving my personal data as Pope Francis.
That said…A wifi access point that requests that info is almost certainly not private for every other trackable thing you do with that wifi, however.
Everything you do on a public WiFi should be through a VPN anyway. Just in case you accidentally forget you are on it and log in somewhere.
It’s good practice to assume that this is true of every network you don’t control.
If it’s an open WiFi (no WPA password) packets are not encrypted anyway, so anyone on this AP can easily see everything that comes through it. A decade ago, when most websites allowed plain HTTP, there was a Firefox extension which let you hijack the Facebook or Twitter session of anyone connected to an open WiFi with a couple of clicks.
Nowadays everything is hopefully encrypted at the application level, so while attackers can see where the data goes, they can’t actually read it.
I usually use:
Email - nope@nah.com
Name - Nah Nope
Gender - prefer not to say
DoB - same as you
Phone - just random digits, or if I’m feeling spicy the phone number of a guy I used to be buddies with who fucked me over
Income - never been asked for this yet, probably go with something outlandish…like 1
What would stop you from using random, invented data?
Don’t use random, invented data. That’s wrong. Use the real data of a ceo or other executive from a company that spammed you. Or if you have the time find out who owns the mall and use their information.
Even better. Though it takes some work to gather that data.
info@, postmaster@, web@, abuse@, or any other mandated valid email addresses for the service that wants your data.
Any system that includes an SMTP server supporting mail relaying or delivery MUST support the reserved mailbox “postmaster” as a case-insensitive local name.
But… that requires the internet to research
That’s so evil and so amazing
I recently did something similar. My daughter’s orthodontist practice (it’s a large office with multiple locations) from a few years ago sent a spam txt message. I tracked down the owner of the practice and called the office, “I have a new phone number. Please change it on my records.”
And gave the owner’s home number."
Sounds more like justice from down here.
Asshole ExBosses are totally fair after a mandatory 3 year cooling off period.
You wouldn’t just go on the internet and lie would you?
No but lie and then go on the internet, that’s a different story
I made “free” internet.
In Australia we have an ISP that provides a Huawei USB back up. You can find unlocking instruction online. Works anywhere in Australia. SIM can be used in a generic wifi hot spot. People throw them outa lot as they frequently get over ordered. Lostcin post etc. I have 3.
Walmart does similar now, though they don’t ask all that much. The bogus account I set up is…
Email: irrelevant@dispostable.com
Password: Walmart1
Name: Anonymous Human
Enjoy your anonymous free WiFi at Walmart haha!
I like noneof@yourbusiness.com, same for first/last name. Only problem is I’m not the only one so sometimes it’s already taken.
Bro, look, there’s an open wifi network here now. Signal kinda sucks out here. Imma try it.
…it’s loading a login screen
they want my employee number
close it and never think about using it again
Connect again in 3 months when you forget
Bro, just one more piece of info bro. Come on bro, just one more piece of your personal info and I’ll let you sign on to the “free” wifi. Bro come on bro, just one more piece of personal info, it’s no big deal for some wifi bro.
Fake info, then VPN.
I’m often admin@websiteimsigning.into with a name of admin admin, a birth date of 01/01/1970 a phone number of 4041234567 and address of 123 main street anytown, USA
And then if they expect me to retrieve info from said email or phone number I simply move on
The professionals try to insert some xss attacks into the forms; or all kinds of quote and comma characters in case the data is exported as csv at some point :)
Autofill with my fake profile info.
Name: Go.
firstname: Fuck.
Email: yourself@with-gravel.comCheck email for verification link.
But the trick with these is, in order to check email they need to connect you to the internet, even if just for a minute. If you just need the internet to sync the latest IMs and emails, that is good enough.
fuckoff@domainiown.win
I’ve never given a real email to these. I just bash the keys on my phones with random letters and decide whether it’s going to be gmail, aol, or yahoo that day…
Who goes to the mall?
Me, in the before times.
… and uses the wifi there.
Email: Admin@ThisMall.com Address: 123 Main St Phone: 555-555-5555 DoB: 01/01/2000 Gender: other (all) Income: $3.50
You need to replace a lot of those words with profanity to get the message across.
I always do 1970-01-01 to confuse the developers
Now that’s good, even better if you throw some error characters into your other info
Even kids know how to enter fake data.
Rule of thumb on the Internet, if you can’t see how it’s payed for (subscriptions, ads, donations…) then you probably pay with your personal data.
Especially true for apps and games. “Play totally free, no annoying adds or in-app purchases” means “Here is a trojan horse pretending to be a game while farming every possible information from your device to sell to the highest bidder”.
Small shout out to Apple here, perhaps, for their little privacy report card. Here is Angry Birds 2:
A transcription app by a cool solo dev:
Y’all trust these?
As I understand it Apple is fairly good privacy-wise (at least compared to others). I wouldn’t 100% trust those cards, but I’m guessing they’re pretty accurate.
i have an alter ego called Nunya Business
email: someone@somewhere.com
he uses a VPN when connected to public wifi
Mine is Nada Ubidnes
Mine just says “FUCK YOU”
