Comment on Has ethernet become illegitimate? A librarian flipped out after spotting me using ethernet

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Buelldozer@lemmy.today ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Someone should let the IT staff know that wi-fi does not work for everyone, including:

HI there. I’m someone in IT for a Public Library so let me review these points.

People running a free software platform that lacks support for a wifi NIC that needs a proprietary driver and firmware

That’s a you and your hardware problem, not a public library IT problem. You need to purchase hardware that is adequately supported by your chosen Operating System.

People running free software who ethically object to running the proprietary non-free driver and firmware their wifi NIC requires

This is a you and your hardware problem. Buy hardware that is adequately supported by your chosen Operating System.

People without a mobile phone to perform the captive portal-mandated SMS verfication

This one is a semi-serious complaint however I’ve never seen a portal system where the Librarian’s didn’t have the ability to issue a day pass for use. Aside from that you sound like someone who should be technically able to stand up an ephemeral phone number for the purpose of receiving SMS.

People with a mobile phone but who want to exercise their GDPR right to data minimization

Same as above.

Pro-environment people who prefer not to spend 30 times more energy needed for wi-fi radios

What an absolutely petty complaint.

People who want the security of other wi-fi users not eavesdropping on their traffic by simply pointing a yagi antenna from a block away.

I’d bet that as soon as you enter a code your VPN stops being blocked. They’re not trying to block VPN they are preventing you from sidestepping their ToS.

I’ve dealt with Patrons like you before and the instant someone starts yammering at me about ClearNet / Tor I know exactly what kind of person I’m dealing with.

You selected your path for whatever reasons you chose and the inconveniences that come with that path are yours to deal with. Suck it up buttercup, you weren’t promised that a privacy respecting internet lifestyle would be easy or convenient.

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