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Comcast thinks it ok to install public wifi in your house
- Subject: Comcast thinks it ok to install public wifi in your house
- From: Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu (Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu)
- Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 09:24:10 -0500
- In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 11 Dec 2014 00:11:07 -0500." <[email protected]>
- References: <[email protected]>
On Thu, 11 Dec 2014 00:11:07 -0500, Jay Ashworth said:
> I will give them their props: I only had to sign in *once*, last year;
> their auth controller has recognized my MAC address at every spot I've
> used since.
Actually, that's sort of scary if you think about it too hard. Shared-secret
authentication has its flaws, but it still beats shared-nonsecret auth.
I really hope it's something on your laptop other than the mac address....
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