One of the things that worries us the most when we travel to other countries is the possibility of connecting to the Internet via WiFi, and that is that each airport has its own networks and public lounges or private where to make connections, but they are not always free or offer easy access to passwords. With WiFox, this problem is over thanks to the collaboration of users and the ambitious project of Anil Polat.
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WiFox is a project to take to the iPhone foxnomad, which is the origin of everything. This platform is a collaborative database in which users from all over the world send the passwords of the WiFi networks of all airports, which are processed by Anil. Among the passwords we can find those of networks of the VIP areas, which makes it very interesting to use it when we do not have access to data or roaming is triggered.
Polat assures that the FoxnoMad project currently exceeds 33% coverage worldwide speaking of airports, a figure that is improved daily thanks to the collaboration of users. Obviously, the large airports have the most networks available, but the coverage is quite impressive to be a collaborative thing at the end of the day.
Talking about the app
WiFox is a simple app, with a clearly improvable design in which the details are not taken care of, but which on the other hand will give us in a very short time what we are looking for: access to a network. It presents us with a map of the world with the airports covered, while with the lateral list we can access the different networks, being able to search and filter to taste. It is important to note that WiFox allows us to collaborate from the app itself, something that we must all do every time we have access to WiFi at an airport to maintain the collective idea of it.
There are many things to improve, from the design (throughout the app) to the possibility of putting networks or airports as favorites, but in the absence of a better alternative of course we can get by with what there is. And while it is true that the cost of the app does not match its beauty, of course, the first closed network that allows us to connect will have already made the two euros that we have to pay for it.
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