When the victim connects to the fake hotspot, he is redirected to the same fake "admin page", which prompts him to enter the router password in order to download the new firmware.
- SPb Free WiFi and MT_FREE in St. Petersburg: the Petersburg Freebie
- Where can I get connected?
- In the city.
- Public transport
- Danger #1. Traffic analysis
- Danger #2. "Fake" pages to steal passwords
- How to connect free Wi Fi
- Price and services
- Data transmission speed and limitations
- MT Free does not connect, what to do?
SPb Free WiFi and MT_FREE in St. Petersburg: the Petersburg Freebie
Hi! We have already written many times about free Wi-Fi, but St. Petersburg's Wi-Fi in many technical aspects is a separate story. Especially many questions are just related to the site spb.wifi.ru. So, a full review of St. Petersburg wireless network with questions and answers.
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Where can I get connected?
That's what's good about a big city in our country – everything develops here. The tourist visiting the Northern Capital will be very surprised in this regard – there is Wi-Fi almost at every turn. This is how it is planned to move the entire city to full coverage with a seamless network. In other words, you connect in one place, but in the end it is available everywhere. Not only on the surface, but also underground.
On the street, the access point is called SPb Free WiFi.
In the subway, the access point is called MT_FREE.
In the city.
Most of the center is already online. Also Internet access has been noticed on Nevsky Prospect, Petrogradsky District, Vasilevsky and Aptekarsky Islands. Already installed more than 300 access points (compared with Moscow it is not enough, but everything does not stand still).
Enforta is responsible for Internet access – please go there if you have any problems. The access speed is 1 Mbit per second.
Public transport
You can also use Wi-Fi on public transport – buses, trolleybuses, streetcars and electric trains. And the park is also replenished with new points, and in every transport there is a warning about the availability of free Wi-Fi (Free Wi-Fi):
Danger #1. Traffic analysis
An owner of Wi-Fi point or a person who got access to it can view all the traffic, which goes through it. And using a data packet analyzer (such as Wireshark or CommView), find out what pages people were accessing from their connected devices and what they were entering into forms on sites that use the http protocol. This can be login data, e-mail texts, messages on forums.
It's also possible to steal a cookie with a session ID, which can be used to log in to some sites under the victim's account, using a traffic analyzer.
In 2017, most sites use the secure https protocol, through which logins and passwords are transmitted in encrypted form. And they cannot be found out in the way described above. But that doesn't mean they can't be stolen using a Wi-Fi network.
Danger #2. "Fake" pages to steal passwords
When a person connects to Wi-Fi in a public place, they may be directed to a page to confirm their identity through a phone number or authorization through social networks. All the data entered on these pages can be collected by the owner of the point for personal use.
Also the person who has access to the router's control can set up redirection, for example, from facebook.com to facebb00k.com, which will contain a copy of the main page of the popular social network created for stealing passwords.
How to connect free Wi Fi
To install free Wi Fi in any institution in Moscow or Russia, regardless of its ownership and business, you need to contact our company in any convenient way: leaving an application on the site or by writing an email, calling from a mobile or landline, or by ordering a call back. Or call online from our company's website – a unique service from Canmos which allows you to contact the manager using any device with Internet connection, capable to play sound and transmit voice.
After request execution our specialists will contact you, select the necessary set of services and discuss details of further cooperation.
Price and services
Subscription fee for using registration system is from 500 to 1000 rubles per month. What does it provide? Access to phone numbers that use free wi fi, the legality of the Internet of your visitors. You do not have to take responsibility for internet users, who violated something in the world network, each user is responsible for his actions himself.
Connection to the system from 5 000 rubles, depending on Wi Fi coverage area, we will purchase and configure equipment necessary for the local wireless network with user registration by phone number.
There are different methods of registration at our disposal: with SMS, with call, with entering of access code and receiving of sms with access code.
In our opinion the user authorization by call is one of the best ways, which does not depend on the mobile operator's SMS. The most affordable and easy to use. Free of charge for the user.
Data transmission speed and limitations
The average mobile data transfer speed over the Internet is 100 Mbit/s. This figure is divided in equal fractions by the number of connected users. When a large number of people are connected to free Wi-Fi at the same time, the speed drops significantly or even the connection is interrupted.
There is also a common channel of Internet access from the provider at a speed of 30 Gb / s. But this is still not enough to serve all the subscribers who want to connect to the Internet during rush hour. Therefore, this value is planned to increase over time.
MT Free does not connect, what to do?
If the user is unable to connect to the free wireless connection while on the road, he should use the following recommendations:
- perform a reboot of the gadget;
- Delete MT free connection from the list of saved and reconnect to it;
- if the connection to the Internet constantly fails, it is necessary to try to choose another browser;
- try to clear cookies in your browser, go to the official site and go through the registration procedure again;
- to use the free connection in public transport, ad blockers on mobile devices must not be activated. Otherwise, the provider can block it for 1 day.
If the above mentioned options can not solve the problem and MT Free does not connect, you can contact the technical support via e-mail [email protected].
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