At #Zürich #Zurich airport #ZRH apparently they require a boarding pass OR your passport just to connect to the so called "free WiFi".
Passport data just to use a #WiFi? What is next? ID check to post something on Instagram?
Come on, a WiFi is a commodity like a power socket.
The whole useless infrastructure with those kiosks, connection to boarding pass validators and the printer to print out vouchers - and this in 2025.
📸 : @strigohabro
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Hubert Figuière
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in reply to Hubert Figuière • • •@hub That doesn't make it better. Boston Logan International: One redirect page with ONE CHECKBOX literally asking you to not do something illegal. That's all.
Same at Frankfurt airport.
Do I miss some harsh Swiss regulation which is responsible for it?
Hubert Figuière
in reply to TheCityDweller • • •many EU countries require authentication for "public" wifi.
Similarly many require ID to obtain a SIM card. Germany and France for the one I experienced. Burner phones (SIM) are literally illegal.
They might have GDPR, but they surely have more strings attached.
TheCityDweller
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