An engineer has implemented advanced location services for a retail wireless deployment. The marketing department wants to collect user demographic information in exchange for guest WLAN access and to

Gmail (Google account login) provides basic authentication but does not expose the rich demographic profile data or per-location customized portal capability described in the requirement.

Google+ was shut down by Google in 2019 and is no longer a functional or supported social connector in any current Cisco CMX deployment.

Cisco CMX integrates with Facebook via the Facebook Wi-Fi and social login APIs, which provide access to user demographic profile data such as age, gender, and interests when guests authenticate for WLAN access. Facebook also supports per-location portal customization, allowing different branding or offers to be shown based on the physical location of the venue. This makes Facebook the correct social connector for the marketing use case described.

MySpace is not a supported social connector in Cisco CMX and lacks the API infrastructure for demographic data collection or customized guest portals.