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January 10, 2013

How Your Facebook ID Can Get You More Wi-Fi Access

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By Rachel Metz, Technology Review

Using Wi-Fi would be more practical if we had easier access to more networks. Giving someone access to your Wi-Fi network—say, a visitor to your home or business—can be awkward, involving, among other things, handing out your password. A Swedish startup called Instabridge thinks it has an easier way. Instabridge’s free Android app lets you automatically share Wi-Fi networks with your Facebook friends. Available in a handful of European countries, the app works by taking advantage of the Facebook Connect authentication tool, which lets users to log on to websites with Facebook credentials.

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/509121/how-your-facebook-id-can-get-you-more-wi-fi-access/

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