Hotel Wi-Fi Ad-Insertation – Another Reason Why I like My VPN

And here's another reason why I like my VPN when using public Wi-Fi: In an interesting blog post over at Justinsomnia the author describes how he recently accessed his own web site via a hotel's Wi-Fi and realizing something was odd about the page. First believing some malware had infected his site, further investigation revealed that it was JavaScript code for ad-purposes being inserted in web pages by the hotel's Wi-Fi ISP. I leave you to draw your own consequences while I switch on my VPN again…

2 thoughts on “Hotel Wi-Fi Ad-Insertation – Another Reason Why I like My VPN”

  1. Then there are some hotels that block VPN establishment. Exceptionally frustrating. Have no idea why they would do that…

  2. I agree with Ed. There’s no logical reason for me as a guest, for them to block it out. It’s not a good idea for me.

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