Re: [Debconf-discuss] Get 30 minutes free* Wi-Fi at all Airports Company South Africa airports
On 05/23/2016 02:23 PM, Steven Chamberlain wrote:
> Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
>> The web page states: "You are required to register and for verification
>> processes your email address is required". So the cost of "free" Wi-Fi
>> is really your personal information and its connection to your computer
>> equipment, making it easier to track you. Not quite my definition of
>> "free", but I guess it depend on the percieved value of ones own
>> personal information. :)
>
> For free Wi-Fi when travelling (using another definition of "free") I
> can highly recommended:
>
> * macchanger
> * iodine (takes considerable setup but is worth it, for when it works)
>
> and others have recommended mosh. These are all Debian packages.
>
> I would only use SSH, VPN or Tor traffic over public Wi-Fi. Although
> `ssh -L 8123:127.0.0.1:8123` allows to easily create a tunnel from
> http_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:8123 to a remote proxy like provoxy, polipo
> or squid).
I'd also warmly recommend shadowsocks. This nice piece of software also
digs holes through nation wide firewalls, for example in countries south
of Russia (to avoid names).
Cheers,
Thomas Goirand (zigo)
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