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It’s also annoying af for me, because my local Safeways are all dead zones for cell and WiFi service. So you try to scan the stupid little barcode and then it just spins and spins and you still have to pay full price for the fucking can of beans. I fucking hate Safeway.
Shit, they could be operating a cellular jammer like Marriott was caught doing to force guests to pay for their wifi, but with their coupon crap.
Isn't it a felony? Can I get a source for the mariott thing
Absolutely. It was at least 10 years ago, but I'll keep looking. As I remember it was a group of franchise locations that took it upon themselves to boost their wifi revenue, not a corporate directive, and they got their asses handed to them by the the FCC and Marriott corporate.
Oh shit. I didn't know that was illegal. I worked security in several hotels in the Knoxville and tricities TN areas, and probably 3 out of 10 of them did this. Mostly upscale hotels.
Yeah I thought a bunch of Vegas hotels did this too. Thought someone was talking about this on a darknet diaries episode.
Here ya go, I'm assuming this is what they're talking about:
https://www.theverge.com/2014/10/3/6900919/fcc-marriott-settles-600000-for-wi-fi-hotspot-jamming
Thanks
Bro what? That is so expensive. Especially in 2015.
Used to be you had to worry about the FCC crawling up your ass if you jammed signals.
Now you add journalist to Signal, and they jam you.
Can you do it at home? I always write my shopping list and use the weekly circular/review the app before I go shopping.