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this doesn't explain why you should connect to the site or would need to use it. That first paragraph could describe the scenario.

As I haven't been inside a coffee shop or any public wifi scenario in over a year I was trying to remember what the use case was for this....

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From reading the comments, this is for use in scenarios where you connect to a guest wifi network, but aren't automatically taken to their authentication page to get access to the internet.

By trying to connect to a http:// website instead of https://, the redirect will work, allowing you to authenticate your device and access the internet.

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