blocked at a big box store?
Recently I dropped into the Home Depot in lake forest ca. To pick up some supplies... as I was waiting in line at the checkout I decided to look at this site. Well guess what??? Home depot has determined that if you connect to their WiFi you are not allowed to look at crossdressers.com! Omg!!! I was shocked and appalled needless to say and will be avoiding all HD's in the future!!!
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Well, we are a perverted lot you know.
It is nothing against Home Depot. They have software to block unwanted sites just like any other place of business. Unless the person adjusting the settings on said software is a crossdresser and frequents this site, they have no way of knowing what this site is all about. Go to your search engine of choice and type in crossdresser and see what type of site you get the most. Not surprising at all.
Is it worthwhile taking this up with Corporate and asking them why. Besides, it would be interesting to know what the anti-discrimination situation in your State is.
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Its nothing on the Home Depot, its the software that they use, they don't want people to go to "bad sites". I've had that happened a few times accessing a wifi.
Just for the record, you counter dicted yourself here. HD knows what their software does and doesn't do so yes, it's on HD. Even though they reserve the right to block whatever while your on their service.Originally Posted by JessicaFoxx
Personally, I wouldn't want to connected to any of these wifi hotspots because while your connected they are collecting your personal data, your shopping trends and god only knows what else. Seems like an easy way to get outed if you didn't intend to.
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Honestly it probably wouldn't have gotten under my skin if the given reason for it being blocked was adult content, pornography! Yes I'm sure if I said something to corporate it might get somewhere... actually just might today!
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It's all about key words. And we must have some on their list.
Same thing where I work and at McDonalds.
If they were passing out free coffee and it tasted like dirt would you complain to corporate or just toss it and go on?
It's free and they probably use off the shelf software to block websites. I am sure it's nothing personal.
That's Home Dopeo for you. Always trying to save humanity, right?
Second star to the right and straight on till morning
Do what I do. Hop off the WiFi and use your cellular data. Not worth the hassle.
We don't have those stores here but I think most places have some kind of wifi security and secondly I would not want to use any of my passwords on a open wifi too much risk I think. But I'm sure there are a lot of stores that block a lot of sites due to the nature of them.
When I originally posted this I had no idea it would be such a touchy subject! Reading the responses this morning all I can do is laugh and shake my head... seriously the focus here shouldn't be the toenail, so to speak, but instead the whole foot! Which in imho should acceptance and change. If I shop somewhere that gives out free coffee that is bad, I do say something because to me it is a reflection of that company. I was raised if you're not part of the solution, you are the problem! So after a quick call and a couple of emails, a very apologetic and great full store gm said she would do everything possible to bring more awareness to this issue. So here's some advice... instead of telling someone to just get over it, be supportive and encourage them to stand up for what they believe in!
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You'll get a lot of agreement with that statement, but there also seems to be a lot of agreement that the inability to access this site from Home Depot hardly qualifies as a problem.
You're absolutely right! This is a very trivial and easily rectified issue... however this thread has been a definite eye opener for me.
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I don't understand why your were you standing in line waiting to check out and then try to go on line. Huh, please tell me your not one of those people that are on the phone holding up the check out line.
The WiFi that is in a Home Depot is primarily for the business and or references associated to the business. The blocks are in place to prevent employees from wasteing time surfing the net. I have done the same in my business. It has nothing to do with the customers use. If HD was a place to gather and use the wifi ,surf the net but it is not as far as I know.
A boycott of all Home Depot seems a little extreme over filtering their "free" wireless access. If they treated you poorly in person whether it was related to how you present or not that would be a different matter entirely and worth bringing to customer service or management's attention.
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Given the recent scandal and hack of Home Depots data storage, intranet and servers, I am surprised they actually allow customers to logon to the WIFI at all in their stores?!?
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Although I can access Crossdressers.com at my local library on wifi, I could not access the local beekeepers association website, which was blocked. When I asked the librarian, she said it was an advocacy site. Go figure.
I suspect this is due to the sexual content. Not on this specific site, but if you click on the links that are at the bottom of each page here (the Browse CDrs by State), on each page there are links to "sex dating", "sex chat", together with links to similar pages for each town and county in each state. Maybe this is why this site is not getting past HD's filters?
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One more,you can not connect at Pinera Bread,.
Home Depot's public WiFi has nothing to with with the business side on their computer system. The Wifi is there for customer convenience and certainly not connected to the store's network.
I've had this happen at some hotels and other places and agree with several of the posters here that these place s merely buy service from some third party who makes up the rules. I agree with Maggie, it is probably done to keep employees from surfing the web on company time.
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In July of 2014, this site was blocked on a United Airlines flight that I was on. This is WiFi I paid for and is for passenger use. So just this December I was on another United Airlines flight and I was able to access this site with no problem on the WiFi. I am thinking maybe they changed the criteria they used to block websites.
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