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## New article: Why work laptops don't work on plane wifi

This article explores why work laptops often fail to connect properly on
plane wifi, and proposes that IT teams should consider making employee
laptops work on plane wifi by default.

### Key topics covered:
- Common frustrations with work laptops on inflight wifi
- Technical causes: VPN conflicts, DNS filtering, captive portal
blocking, certificate errors
- UX challenges: employees can't diagnose or fix issues mid-flight
- Potential solutions: split-tunnel VPNs, captive portal detection,
graceful security degradation
- References a LinkedIn discussion thread on this topic

### Article details:
- **Author:** Mike McNeil (mikermcneil)
- **Category:** articles
- **Word count:** ~750 words
- **File:** `articles/why-work-laptops-dont-work-on-plane-wifi.md`

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