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Wozniak: I didn't reduce chip count for manufacturing. I wanted to prove I was clever (www.theregister.com)
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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

What makes you think he's snooping or even giving free wifi?

I see two scenarios:

  1. Bridge to airplane's WiFi and maybe snoop on where people go
  2. No bridge, just redirect everything to a static page on the Pi

The second is way easier, way funnier, and way more informative to others on the plane. I highly doubt he did #1 (would require additional hardware or hacking the chip's driver), and most likely did #2, especially since #1 would validate people using random WiFi SSIDs. That just doesn't match what I know about Woz.