1. A method comprising: receiving a request at a wireless access point from a client system to access a network through the wireless access point; sending by the wireless access point an identifier associated with the client system to a social-networking system, the social-networking system comprising a plurality of user profiles arranged in at least one social graph, the at least one social graph storing relationships between the user profiles; receiving at the wireless access point from the social-networking system an authorization determination, the authorization determination based upon a first user profile of the plurality of user profiles, the first user profile including the identifier associated with the client system; and providing the client system with access to the network through the wireless access point in accordance with the authorization determination.