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Airport wi-fi
Airport wi-fi
Any reasson they require a password for the airport wi-fi?
Usually they want to take a copy of your passport/ID too before giving you the PW, though today at the budget terminal they did not.
Would it be cynical to presume that in using their wi-fi they take a copy of all the data off your computer/phone?
Usually they want to take a copy of your passport/ID too before giving you the PW, though today at the budget terminal they did not.
Would it be cynical to presume that in using their wi-fi they take a copy of all the data off your computer/phone?
Yes Durain, Changi Budget T.nakatago wrote:What's the access point? I've always used Wireless@SG in the Budget Terminal (in Changi) and haven't noticed other access points.
Doesn't Wireless@SG require you to input your home number? It all smacks of them wanting to keep a tab on who is accessing what.
I've chucked the access details now, but as a visitor you (from memory) connect via 'M1/Starhub' or similar
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Well, they require IDs even if you're just buying a prepaid SIM so tracking is not 'unexpected.'JR8 wrote:Yes Durain, Changi Budget T.nakatago wrote:What's the access point? I've always used Wireless@SG in the Budget Terminal (in Changi) and haven't noticed other access points.
Doesn't Wireless@SG require you to input your home number? It all smacks of them wanting to keep a tab on who is accessing what.
I've chucked the access details now, but as a visitor you (from memory) connect via 'M1/Starhub' or similar
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Ok, but other airports don't do this, so why does Changi?nakatago wrote:Well, they require IDs even if you're just buying a prepaid SIM so tracking is not 'unexpected.'JR8 wrote:Yes Durain, Changi Budget T.nakatago wrote:What's the access point? I've always used Wireless@SG in the Budget Terminal (in Changi) and haven't noticed other access points.
Doesn't Wireless@SG require you to input your home number? It all smacks of them wanting to keep a tab on who is accessing what.
I've chucked the access details now, but as a visitor you (from memory) connect via 'M1/Starhub' or similar
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They're not Singapore.JR8 wrote:Ok, but other airports don't do this, so why does Changi?nakatago wrote:Well, they require IDs even if you're just buying a prepaid SIM so tracking is not 'unexpected.'JR8 wrote: Yes Durain, Changi Budget T.
Doesn't Wireless@SG require you to input your home number? It all smacks of them wanting to keep a tab on who is accessing what.
I've chucked the access details now, but as a visitor you (from memory) connect via 'M1/Starhub' or similar
"A quokka is what would happen if there was an anime about kangaroos."
You are saying you are still surprised with all the irrelevant information they request daily?JR8 wrote: Ok, but other airports don't do this, so why does Changi?

I am hopping around in SEA for a month, so I suppose I have a back-drop against which to contrast it.
The fact is that requiring wi-fi users to be identifiable via hideously complex unique alphanumeric passwords and usernames does not come over as very 'first world'.
Am I surprised to find this in SG, well perhaps not. Am I surprised that they haven't figured how bureaucratic, inconvenient and archaic this is for visitors.... well, maybe not too!
The fact is that requiring wi-fi users to be identifiable via hideously complex unique alphanumeric passwords and usernames does not come over as very 'first world'.
Am I surprised to find this in SG, well perhaps not. Am I surprised that they haven't figured how bureaucratic, inconvenient and archaic this is for visitors.... well, maybe not too!
Re: Airport wi-fi
Maybe your hard drive full of porn raised a red flag?!JR8 wrote:Any reasson they require a password for the airport wi-fi?
Usually they want to take a copy of your passport/ID too before giving you the PW, though today at the budget terminal they did not.
Would it be cynical to presume that in using their wi-fi they take a copy of all the data off your computer/phone?
I agree, after hoscotching across US earlier this year, I had free and easy access in Denver, Missoula, LA and Dallas airports. No codes and no passwords. But hitting Changi I wanted to update Facebook and had to wait until I got home since I didn't want to wait for a password to log into my SG Wireless account. It's a pain, but not unexpected in SG.
It's the little things that bug the crap out of you!
It's the little things that bug the crap out of you!
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