{"id":2401,"date":"2024-08-06T13:53:36","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T18:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointsandpdbs.com\/?p=2401"},"modified":"2024-08-06T13:53:36","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T18:53:36","slug":"t-mobile-puts-a-pin-in-it-inflight-wi-fi-loophole-reportedly-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/100.30.205.157\/?p=2401","title":{"rendered":"T-Mobile Puts a PIN in It: Inflight Wi-Fi Loophole Reportedly Closed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The days of freeloading on T-Mobile\u2019s inflight Wi-Fi are coming to an end. It was a good run while it lasted, wasn\u2019t it? For years, T-Mobile\u2019s offer of complimentary inflight Wi-Fi to those on qualifying 5G plans was a standout feature, but it also opened the door to a glaring loophole. The system\u2019s lack of verification meant that anyone armed with a T-Mobile customer\u2019s number could access the Wi-Fi without paying a cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But a screenshot shared on \/r\/AmericanAirlines shows that the free ride is no more. Now, a one-time PIN sent via SMS is required to connect, which effectively shuts down the exploit. It\u2019s a simple fix, one that\u2019s surprising in its lateness given the potential revenue lost by airlines and Wi-Fi providers like Viasat due to this oversight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-reddit wp-block-embed-reddit\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\" style=\"height:500px\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/americanairlines\/comments\/1elmkz3\/guess_i_cant_just_use_my_sisters_tmobile_number\/\">Guess I can\u2019t just use my sister\u2019s T-mobile number for Wi-Fi anymore<\/a><br> by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/DougieMcElroy\/\">u\/DougieMcElroy<\/a> in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/americanairlines\/\">americanairlines<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.reddit.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For legitimate T-Mobile subscribers, this means a bit of prep is in order\u2014make sure Wi-Fi calling is enabled before your flight to receive that crucial PIN. While iMessage works with just a simple Internet connection, SMS does require Wi-Fi calling to be enabled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s just hope we soon see the day that T-Mobile&#8217;s free Wi-Fi is extended to long haul international flights using Panasonic&#8217;s offering &#8211; or, better yet, airlines ditching Panasonic altogether.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The days of freeloading on T-Mobile\u2019s inflight Wi-Fi are coming to an end. It was a good run while it lasted, wasn\u2019t it? For years, T-Mobile\u2019s offer of complimentary inflight Wi-Fi to those on qualifying 5G plans was a standout feature, but it also opened the door to a glaring loophole. The system\u2019s lack of verification meant that anyone armed with a T-Mobile customer\u2019s number could access the Wi-Fi without paying a cent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2402,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[139,239,262],"class_list":["post-2401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-airlines","tag-inflight-wi-fi","tag-t-mobile","tag-viasat"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/100.30.205.157\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/de2be611-c3c4-469e-8bd7-ce7add004a71.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/100.30.205.157\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/100.30.205.157\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/100.30.205.157\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/100.30.205.157\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/100.30.205.157\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/100.30.205.157\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/100.30.205.157\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/100.30.205.157\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/100.30.205.157\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/100.30.205.157\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}