[Bug 1039042] Re: Detect captive portals when connecting to WiFi

[Cassidy James]

Somewhat hacky (though possible) way of doing it outside of
NetworkManager: use NetworkManager's DBus API to watch for connecting to
a wireless network. Once a connection is made, try and hit an external
page and detect if there's a captive portal. If not, do nothing. If
there is, then prompt the user to sign in.

** Description changed:

- elementary doesn't quite understand train/airport Wifi. The network will
- connect, but without agreeing to the ToS I can't use any internet-hungry
- apps like Update Manager.
+ elementary doesn't quite understand train/airport/cafe/public Wifi. The
+ network will connect, but without agreeing to the ToS I can't use any
+ internet-hungry apps like Update Manager.
  
  We should somehow detect these ToS pages and provide an app-mode
  instance of Midori (if it's not already open) to handle these pages.

** Also affects: network-manager
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Description changed:

- elementary doesn't quite understand train/airport/cafe/public Wifi. The
- network will connect, but without agreeing to the ToS I can't use any
- internet-hungry apps like Update Manager.
+ NetworkManager doesn't quite understand train/airport/cafe/public Wifi.
+ The network will connect, but without agreeing to the ToS I can't use
+ any internet-hungry apps like Update Manager.
  
- We should somehow detect these ToS pages and provide an app-mode
+ We should somehow detect these captive portals provide an app-mode
  instance of Midori (if it's not already open) to handle these pages.

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Title:
  Detect captive portals when connecting to WiFi

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