On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 05:47:23PM -0700, Catacombs wrote: > I have just installed Qubes on a Lenovo X230 with original Intel WiFi. I go > McDonalds to try to use public WiFi. I power up. I get A box to start Tor > connection. Which I am pretty sure will not work. I cancel. I start Debian > 10 Firefox. After awhile I get a cherry red connection icon on the upper > right side of screen. It shows connections available. I choose McDs. McDs > has a privacy screen. Harden wall. A button. Click here to use internet. > Usually. Nothing comes up in browser to allow me to get through this. > > > By comparison. If I start Tails Linux. I can start untrusted browser. Get > it to initiate internet contact by typing in 1.1.1.1. And untrusted browser > will bring up web page with login button to click on. After starting > connection to intermet. I turn off untrusted browser and start tor browser. > > > Right now I have very limited time to test what might work as I only have few > minutes sitting in my car outside McDs. I do have an iPhone. But my searches > have not brought up anything that tells me how to solve a problem. > > Thanks for any help. >
In these cases, opening a qube connected to sys-firewall is the equivalent of a Tails "untrusted browser". I've found that works in these cases to enable the log in to the network, and then you can start a Tor connection. I dont know if this will work in McDs, but it does in Starbucks ;-) Stay safe -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/20200326005914.GA28071%40thirdeyesecurity.org.
