Windows Phone 8 has a secret feature which may activate at any time

Aims to let users surf free WiFi 'spots all unknowing

Microsoft has embedded software from Devicescape into Windows Phone 8, allowing smartmobes to automatically leech off 11 million free Wi-Fi hotspots.…

via The Register - Networks

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