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wayneout

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I have a Galaxy S7 with all the updates. I have a small data plan so I usually have data turned off. Yesterday, I was in a place that had free wifi. I opened Chrome to Google and tried to do a search but instead I got a message back that told me that Google had sent back a message that I was on a unsecure network and I couldn't use it.
(this has happened a few times recently) I then tried to use Google directly and it wouldn't search either.
I then turned on data and had no trouble. Up until a few months ago, I have never had trouble using public (unsecure) wifi. I am using Verizon. I searched the settings on Google and chrome and couldn't find any that would allow me to browse on public wifi. Is there something I am missing? The message I said I got from chrome was not the exact words but close. It did give the options "reload" and "advanced" but neither option would help. Thanks.l
 
That's how the WiFi at my work does it. It's an unsercured WiFi hotspot, but opening it gives you the unsecure splash page. Pressing on advanced gives you an option to continue anyway, and it will bring you to a login screen. You'd need to enter a password and username to be able to use that WiFi.

I'm guessing that's whats happening.
 
When it happened yesterday, I went with my daughter to the AT&T store because she uses them. My phone automatically connected to their wifi. But when I hit the "advanced" tab, I did not see the option to continue. The same thing happened at Best Buy a few days earlier. And the same at the mall. Until a few months ago, I could use the Best Buy wifi with no problem. The next time I am in Best Buy, I will show it to them and see if they have seen the problem before. Thanks.
 
INSTALL A VPN service, try a free one first, and see if that will get the job done.

I use PureVPN most of the time, except here at the hospital, the IT admin refuses to allow a VPN to run on his WiFi
 
Yes, PureVPN is good for streaming, you can download torrent anonymously but ExpressVPN is for multiple purposes, you can access US Netflix through ExpressVPN.
 
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