• over_clox@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    10
    ·
    6 months ago

    I’d probably go either to Lowes or Walmart.

    Walmart requires an email now, but I set up an anonymous email just for that.

    Email: irrelevant@dispostable.com Password: Walmart1

    It’s registered in their system to the name Anonymous Human. Feel free to use that to access Walmart WiFi anonymously. 👍

      • over_clox@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        6 months ago

        I’m not sure what their web portal page URL was or I’d check and add it. Either way, anyone can pull the same trick themselves using any random username@dispostable.com

        I’m not at Walmart right now to check their web portal page, and my current internet connection is apparently being slow as molasses, but I’m saving your comment to check later…

      • over_clox@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        6 months ago

        Not knowing the exact URL for their web portal (which I’m pretty sure isn’t public but only a stopgap within their own WiFi network), I checked bugmenot for walmart.com.

        I got this error…

        walmart.com logins

        This site has been barred from the bugmenot system.

        Sites should only appear blocked here if they match one or more of the following criteria:

        Pay-per-view: users pay money to access the site
        Community: users register only to add/change content (but not to view)
        Fraud risk: user accounts contain sensitive details e.g. banks, online stores, etc
        
  • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@midwest.social
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    5
    ·
    6 months ago

    When I didn’t, I would walk three blocks to the library with my laptop once a day to check my email, read webcomics, look up GameFAQs and stream Gossip Girl.

    Maybe the “GameFAQs” gives it away but this was before smartphones.