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How fast is the McDonald's wifi or how slowly does one have to drive past to get a 1 hour video uploaded? Sure, it's MP4 compressed, but still 1 hour at 1Mbps is still a 3GB file.

I haven't been to MickD's in a really long time, but do they have free/open wifi with no captive portals? Seems like a big liability risk for a corp their size (or any fast food chain) to have it wide open.

An hour of video will take a long time.

I know some Arby's are semi open wifi. They do have a web client after connecting that I think authenticates you somehow. But I have no idea what it's actually doing.

There's no way these devices are connecting automatically to any open WiFi though.

That would be a way larger security risk.

LOL! Yes, and they also automatically accept the terms & conditions on the McDonalds captive portal with Jeff Bezos’s email address.