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Home Depot blocks NES

What's the consensus here, are we adding HD to the NES boycott list or waiting for further testimony? The list gets longer every week
[popcorn]
 
BUMPA01603 said:
What's the consensus here, are we adding HD to the NES boycott list or waiting for further testimony? The list gets longer every week
[popcorn]
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I am going to have to go with no, since my house needs to be made out of something. And blocking their own wifi using the default net nanny settings is hardly a huge sin, just rather lame and easily circumvented.

Although I am sure someone will point out that if I really had any back bone, I would live in the woods and build the dwelling out of branches I chop off using a stone that has an edge,and tied together using tree roots. Which, by the way, I think is great. But I would never see my wife again if I did that.
 
Its not the net nanny bs. It's the fact that 3g and 4g don't work in the store, but GPRS does. This is only possible with a GPRS downgrade attack, a blatant FCC violation. Another major retailer is getting its peepee smacked as we speak for this exact same thing.
 
whatluck said:
IMO they do it to scrape any price matching queries you make on your phone while in the store.
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must be just that store. HD price matches with local businesses (i.e Lowe's or other local stores). They do not match Amazon, ebay, etc. I work at HD here in TX. I can get any/all websites on my phone at work.
 
Combo of bad reception inside a metal structure and Websense content filtering on the in-store WiFi, I'll bet you couldnt get to PornHub or a pro-drug use site either

Companies use the web filtering programs because they dont want whatever controversial content you decide to view / download cached on their servers, making them liable. They offer free WiFi because consumers appreciate it and it is good for business because they will gather data on how their customers use it, but they dont want to carry too much risk and filter anything that couldnt be shown over broadcast tv during family hours

Nothing to see, move along
 
Prepper said:
I am going to have to go with no, since my house needs to be made out of something. And blocking their own wifi using the default net nanny settings is hardly a huge sin, just rather lame and easily circumvented.

Although I am sure someone will point out that if I really had any back bone, I would live in the woods and build the dwelling out of branches I chop off using a stone that has an edge,and tied together using tree roots. Which, by the way, I think is great. But I would never see my wife again if I did that.
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And this is a bad thing ? :rolleyes:
 
No offense to NES or anyone on here but when I go to a home center I am not looking to hang out there all day sending tweets and updating posts on NES.

Truth be told when I am out of the house even in my yard I am nota on a computer or any other device that can access the internet.

I learned to compartmentalize. In the wisdomous words of Charles Emerson Winchester III "I do one thing, I do it well and then I move on."

I waste enough time on the computer in the house. I don't need to drag one to the store with me.
 
robjax said:
No offense to NES or anyone on here but when I go to a home center I am not looking to hang out there all day sending tweets and updating posts on NES.

Truth be told when I am out of the house even in my yard I am nota on a computer or any other device that can access the internet.

I learned to compartmentalize. In the wisdomous words of Charles Emerson Winchester III "I do one thing, I do it well and then I move on."

I waste enough time on the computer in the house. I don't need to drag one to the store with me.
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I wasn't "hanging out updating posts", I was purchasing materials.

From my original post:
I go to the NES page, as I needed info from a PM a member sent me,
 
Prepper said:
I am going to have to go with no, since my house needs to be made out of something. And blocking their own wifi using the default net nanny settings is hardly a huge sin, just rather lame and easily circumvented.

Although I am sure someone will point out that if I really had any back bone, I would live in the woods and build the dwelling out of branches I chop off using a stone that has an edge,and tied together using tree roots. Which, by the way, I think is great. But I would never see my wife again if I did that.
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So, it's a win-win thing! [thumbsup]
 
I have had no issue with any of the local HD's in my area with not having signals in the stores. I've even looked up items on the internet while in the stores. Would be interesting to find out if this was indeed a deliberate blocking of cellular service.
 
I have my own reasons for not spending my cash at Home Depot however when I have been in the stores I've never had a problem with signal. I still go in on some occasions to look at merchandise or price stuff. Blocking sites on the WiFi is SOP and almost all big box retailers do it.

It could be construction and contents of that location along with cell tower placement and which carrier you are on. I worked at a place in Wellesley years ago and you just weren't going to get a signal in that building using Verizon. Go out in the parking lot and you were fine. If you were on AT&T everything was cool. Had Verizon out on site a few times and they walked all around with the signal measurement devices. Verizon claims they couldn't do anything and they said it was the building. We had to switch everyone over to AT&T because the lack of service in the building on work phones was unacceptable.
 
I use a cheap $30 router, install open source firmware (TomatoUSB), and configure OpenVPN on it. Then install OpenVPN on my phone. Whenever I’m connected to a public SSID I VPN back home and have all internet traffic go through my home network. No blocked sites and I have a secure connection.
 
All this excitement I miss by just paying for my own internet access.

What's that saying...Their store, their rules.
 

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