1. A method comprising: scanning, by a mobile device, an area to identify a network device for accessing a network; receiving, by the mobile device, a network identifier associated with the network device; providing a curation indicator request to a curation server on the network, the curation indicator request comprising the network identifier; receiving a curation indicator from the curation server, the curation indicator being retrieved, based on the network identifier, from a database of a plurality of curation indicators, the curation indicator associated with a likelihood of intent to publicly share the network by the network device; comparing the curation indicator to an access setting, the access setting indicating acceptability of network access based on the likelihood of intent to publicly share the network by the network device; and accessing the network via the network device based on the comparison.