{"id":8849,"date":"2012-12-20T14:38:52","date_gmt":"2012-12-20T20:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/?p=8849"},"modified":"2012-12-20T14:39:55","modified_gmt":"2012-12-20T20:39:55","slug":"errata-security-apples-secret-wispr-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/?p=8849","title":{"rendered":"Errata Security: Apple’s secret “wispr” request"},"content":{"rendered":"

The reason Apple does this is because you may be using an app other than the web browser. For example, the only thing you might be doing is syncing your e-mail. In such situations, you would never see the portal page, and your app will mysteriously fail to connect to the Internet.<\/p>\n

Therefore, before your app has a chance to access the network, Apple does this for you. It sends out a request to the above URL. If the request gets redirected, then Apple knows there is a portal. It then launches a dialog box, containing Safari, to give you a chance to login.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

via Errata Security: Apple’s secret “wispr” request<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At my local Starbucks, all web surfing is free. But, Windows presents a captive logon page where you must accept the Terms of Service, but the iPhone doesn’t. I assume the portal detects this URL, and automatically opens up the access-point without doing a redirection. I need to test witha Linux distro in order to figure out what’s going on.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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