Chinese man ditches ‘cheating' girlfriend after her phone auto-connects to hotel Wi-fi
A Chinese man broke up with his girlfriend after he discovered her phone automatically connecting to the Wi-fi of a hotel they went to for the first time together.
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The woman, surnamed Li, told Chongqing TV that her smartphone auto-connected to the Wi-fi at the reception desk of a hotel in southwestern China's Chongqing municipality during the May Day holiday.
Both Li and her now ex-boyfriend noticed it as Li was trying to find her digital identity card because she forgot to bring her actual ID card required to check in.
As both are Chongqing locals, the man asked Li if she had been to the hotel with someone else before.
The woman was searching for her digital identity card on her phone when both she and her now ex-boyfriend saw the device connect automatically to the hotel's Wi-fi. Photo: Douyin
Li said it was the first time she had been to the hotel, and she could not explain why her phone auto-connected to the Wi-fi there.
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