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A story about bypassing air Canada's in-flight network restrictions

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134 points samray | 1 comments | 10 Oct 25 07:50 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | source
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Nzen ◴[10 Oct 25 14:07 UTC] No.45539253[source]▶
Could y'all point at instructions for how to imitate this limited internet situation ?

I ask because, two years ago, I was able to circumvent the Windows-11-requires-internet-and-a-microsoft-account part of the set up for a new laptop computer by doing this on a flight. Apparently, connecting to the airplane wifi (without yet logging in) was enough to satisfy the OS set-up, but limited enough that my laptop didn't require a microsoft account. With windows 10 now end of life, I will probably get a new desktop computer and would like to repeat the feat at home. Thanks

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1. gruez ◴[10 Oct 25 14:09 UTC] No.45539275[source]▶
>Apparently, connecting to the airplane wifi (without yet logging in) was enough to satisfy the OS set-up, but limited enough that it didn't require a microsoft account.

Set up a wifi network with no internet? If you have a separate router/modem, just unplug your modem from your router. If your mode/router is combined unplug the coax/fiber/phone line.