Librarybox - Share books over open wifi.

[gabby98]

Originally Posted by Adoby

It seems you have to install some special app to use that device.

The LibraryBox is a standard hotspot and web-server. So you access it using a normal web-browser. Only have to connect to the SSID and start the browser. And any URL is redirected to the LibraryBox web-server.

Yea...much preferred! Just mentioning for some who may be following this and may be just using "in family" as it may be a less expensive substitution. Families in cars on trips, students, etc

[jocampo]

Originally Posted by Jessica Lares

You DON'T plug it in. It's a portable hotspot with a drive.



You change your Wifi network on your device, open your browser, and BAM, there you go.



You guys get it now? It's like when you go to a hotel/Starbucks/McDonalds/whatever and there's free wifi and you have to select the network. It takes you to a gateway page and says that you have to agree to it before you can use it. Well, that's how this works, except it takes you to a page where you can download whatever content is on the hotspot.



It's a neato idea if you're at a convention and have a booth or something. Just put up a sign with the info and YES, people will do it. If you're smart, you would make it into a ZIP so people can just grab that and not have to dig through everything.

I usually don't connect to free wifi spots :-)

Knowing how I can get into others people computers just with getting wifi from Starbucks, give me chills. So I stay away from those.

I did a PEN test at home, with a friend. And in a matter of minutes, less than an hour, I was able to intercept his wifi communications and I even get into his Windows laptop. I used backtrack Linux.

Similar stuff is for broadcasting files. I have never been forced to share files over wifi (outside of home or work) to more than one person, so on my particular case, I see no benefit.