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Comment by diebeforei485

5 days ago

The switch to HTTPS means I can no longer use it to check if a public Wi-Fi network is working.

Then they succeeded?

> the domain isn't intended to be a general purpose endpoint for things like availability testing so we do not encourage that kind of usage

  • Well, perhaps it should be intended to be a general purpose endpoint for things like availability testing?!

I like to use logon.com which for some reason occasionally routes to the login page of a captive portal. Why a method to get back to it hasn't been unified is beyond me. (Cue xkcd on standards)