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CTyankee

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4. I don't bother using the Internet when I travel...I'm hardly in the room in the first place.

Reply to mnhtnbb (Original post)

Fri Nov 8, 2013, 10:50 AM

Nov 2013

I'm up and out and, being a tourist, I am too busy exploring the city and visiting its museums and places of historic and architectural interest. It would be different of course if I were traveling for business. And that's a real problem...

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Worried about privacy? We're in Austria where hotels are required to monitor--by room-- [View all] mnhtnbb Nov 2013 OP

I've not but I did find this... CurtEastPoint Nov 2013 #1

I assume hotels monitor internet activities for a number of reasons jberryhill Nov 2013 #2

This has a simple, legal reason. DetlefK Nov 2013 #3

I don't bother using the Internet when I travel...I'm hardly in the room in the first place. CTyankee Nov 2013 #4

A hotel is not 'Big Brother'. If you want to use someone's free access, you're bound by their rules. randome Nov 2013 #5

I'm kind of surprised sharp_stick Nov 2013 #6

"we've had to send encrypted data for the last couple of years" jberryhill Nov 2013 #7

Me too! I've never had a problem getting on hotel networks in NY, SF, L.A. mnhtnbb Nov 2013 #8