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Hotels & Public Wi‑Fi in China: Safer International Access

Captive portals interfere with VPN handshakes
Captive portals interfere with VPN handshakes

Risks

Finish the captive portal login before starting VPN/TUN. Untrusted hotspots are risky for banking—prefer cellular for sensitive tasks.

Stability

If HTTPS fails only on portal pages, open a plain HTTP site once to trigger login, then enable your client.
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FAQ

Portal never appears?
Temporarily disable system proxy, load http://neverssl.com, then retry.

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