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Typing 1.1.1.1 is an easy way to get around public WiFi login systems, also known as captive portals. When you connect to one of these networks, you are not actually online yet. The network intercepts your connection and sends you to a login page where you enter your username and password. Most devices try to detect this and show the login screen for you. The problem is that newer devices, especially iPhones, do not always show the login popup when needed. They run background checks to see if you are online, but if these checks fail or do not work right, the login page does not appear. This is why you might be connected to WiFi but still cannot open any websites. When you type 1.1.1.1 into your browser, you are making a direct request to an IP address instead of a website name. This skips the need for DNS and, more importantly, creates a request that the captive portal can catch and redirect. This way, you make the network show you the login page. It may seem like you are trying to reach Cloudflare’s DNS service, but that is not the point. You are just triggering the network’s interception system. This works because it gets around your device’s sometimes unreliable automatic detection and creates a request the portal can handle. There is also a security side to think about. Networks that need manual fixes like this are often not set up well. Before you log in, they can still see some types of traffic, especially DNS and unencrypted requests, and may block or mess with others.

If you think about it... This is still absolutely insane.

pov: you 3d print your own USBs

Next generation of developers fr😭

Men used to go off to war. Now they play video games.

I am now officially IP banned from Little Caesars, I don’t want to make any official statements but I think they don’t like how I am different in a special way