Calgary Airport Integrates Facebook Connect for Wireless Access

This afternoon I read a tweet from Sam Lessin who was authenticated for wireless internet access at the Calgary airport by using Facebook Connect. Most often we think of using Facebook Connect for adding social features to websites but this application of Facebook Connect was used for basic authentication purposes.

I could imagine stopping through an airport in some random location and using Facebook Connect to determine that one of my friends are at the same airport.

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