Censorship with your free Wi-Fi?

You can use encypted VPN to

You can use encypted VPN to prevent traffic monitoring and bypass any local internet restrictions.

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VPN is the answer

I use Surfbouncer personal vpn to avoid all of this and also to keep my connection secure.

If we approached what we see

If we approached what we see as a "visual eating," we would avoid labeling what we view as good or bad, but what is healthy or not as healthy. Artificially flavored/colored, super sugary snacks aren't "evil"; they simply aren't the most nutritious food choice out there. By making any issues moral ones, we lose sight of being fully responsible for all our choices---And the moment we do that, we aren't exercising our freedom very wisely---if at all.

We are what we eat.
As a society, we are what we eat.
And then we have to live in it.

I vote for a balanced and highly varied diet, and one that is eaten openly and shared openly. Furthermore, if something has to be snuck on the sly, with beady little eyes shifting this way and that, perhaps you shouldn't be doing it.

Slow news day?

Censorship has been around since this country was founded. About time you learned to live with it.

That's why you need...

Things like this are exactly why you need a third-party VPN provider.

But if they're blocking outgoing connections on PPTP ports then you're pretty much screwed unless you setup VNC on your home machine on a standard port (80/8080/whatever).

It's not technically free,

It's not technically free, as you have to sit through an ad before you can do anything. It also takes a while before you can actually do anything. All in all, it's a frustrating setup.

Proxy?

Why not just use a proxy while you're there or better yet, remote into your home system so that you're really not using their system for anything at all. I'll be there later today and I'll be sure to test this.

Not OK

If you want to bypass any type of blocking, you could use many of the software products available, including Hotspot Shield (http://www.hotspotshield.com).

Well, considering that the

Well, considering that the Wi-Fi is a convenience that they're offering at no charge, I don't really object to them censoring which sites can be blocked. Having had the experience once of sitting next to a guy on an airplane who was watching amateur porn, I think I am fine with people not having access to sites that could potentially offend.