Staff at Monday night’s presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are using handheld “AirCheck” devices to detect unauthorized Internet use by members of the media.
The device, produced by Fluke Networks, identifies and flags both “rogue networks” and unauthorized clients.
According to Politico writer Kenneth P. Vogel, technicians are attempting to shut down hotspots and dongles used by the press in order to push them towards the event’s $200 WiFi access.
Technicians patrolling #debatenight press file using this device to detect & shut down hotspots, so they can sell $200 wifi accounts instead pic.twitter.com/JzbkzlZR1g
— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) September 26, 2016
As noted by Vocative journalist Steph Haberman, the limited options also include $75 for electricity with no Internet access or $325 for Ethernet.
Dear god. @RyanBeckler just sent me this from Hofstra. They're charging $200 for media WiFi access. pic.twitter.com/VSagT6ZerF
— (((Steph Haberman))) (@StephLauren) September 26, 2016
The Long Island Patch stated that several journalists were seen bribing Hofstra University students for access to the school’s network.
Wifi access in the secret service media area is $200. Some reporters resorted to bribing students. #Debates2016 https://t.co/8FUlAMzY4T
— Long Island Patch (@longislandpatch) September 26, 2016
Despite the seemingly excessive price, reports indicate that the WiFi has been down for large periods of time thus far.
Hofstra University's wifi for thousands of journalists has been down for last 45 mins at #debates. A Hofstra hot mess.
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) September 26, 2016
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