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ryanpetrich on Sept 10, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Apple's secret "wispr" request

Boingo caches the user agent of the first HTTP request made via each MAC address and uses that to determine what type of device it is. They also offer (or perhaps offered, I haven't been to an airport in awhile) 1 free hour per iPhone MAC address ;)

alanh on Sept 11, 2010 [–]

Relevant: once I signed up for Boingo. Never again. The only way to unsubscribe is to pick up a phone and call them.

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