Why does Sydney Airport need your personal details including date of birth to connect to the wifi?

[Berlin]

I always use VERY rude words in my made up email addresses (or, even worse, postal addresses if anyone seriously dares to ask for those) and in 99% of cases, even that does not trigger any automated censorship list.

 

[UP4014]

My go to fake name, some emails want mins and this seems to pass. Please feel free to use.

Adolf Hitler. DOB 20/04/89
[email protected]

Before anyone has a go I’m the first generation in my family not to fight the Germans. all friends now.

 

[Flying Fox]

Try

[email protected]

DOB - 30 June 1966

 

[marki]

Try

[email protected]

DOB - 30 June 1966

AJ - Might answer ? But anyway when you get stuff for free there are strings attached as nothing in life is really for free - somebody has to pay in the end.

 

[Forg]

AJ - Might answer ? But anyway when you get stuff for free there are strings attached as nothing in life is really for free - somebody has to pay in the end.

Well, somebody has to pay … not necessarily there though!

 

[marki]

Well, somebody has to pay … not necessarily there though!

Yes that’s when VPN’s come in handy for geolocations blocking.

 

[Forg]

Yes that’s when VPN’s come in handy for geolocations blocking.

VPN’s can stop you paying out the backside? You just embiggened my impression of them …

 

[marki]

VPN’s can stop you paying out the backside? You just embiggened my impression of them …

Many an Embiggened - backside I have seen.

 

[Bjet]

It has been there for long time though - since SYD airport offered the first new free wifi in the airport.

 

[bashworth]

I gave up using free Wi-Fi in Australia years ago. With my $25 plan I currently have over 600 GB of data rollover. (Perhaps it’s because I don’t watch much video)
I actually find that leaving the phone Wi-Fi on is a problem as the phone keeps trying to connect to Wi-Fi’s and slows down.

 

[cove]

We don’t ever use free wifi as we don’t need any more potential scammers in our lives. Some scams we have been receiving have been pretty well crafted.So it is no thanks for us.

 

[Catardale]

I’d never use my real DOB and I have a burner email for just this type of registraction. Off topic, why do I need to create an account to log in to SBS on demand??? It’s free for everything.

 

[Mattg]

I’d never use my real DOB and I have a burner email for just this type of registraction. Off topic, why do I need to create an account to log in to SBS on demand??? It’s free for everything.

If something is free, generally *you* are the product.