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It's likely going to get much, much worse. Try to sign in to Starbucks wifi in Italy & much of continental Europe.

That's the future, sadly - Italy for one requires you to register with your passport or other ID in order to access free wiki. It's an anti terrorism measure. Every hotel you stay at requires you to sign on individually, in a manner connected to you personally, every single time.



Holy cow! Seriously? You cannot use the internet, at all, without it being tied to a real-life ID?




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