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First recorded activity by BoatBanter: Aug 2013
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New Comcast feature (for Greg)
On 11/22/2013 12:22 AM, wrote:
On Thu, 21 Nov 2013 21:38:21 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:
If your device (computer, smart phone, iPad or whatever) detects a
"XFINITYWiFi" signal as an available network, you connect to it.
The more I think about this the scarier it gets.
What happens when that "XFINITYWiFi" router you see is a spoofer, they
play you like a real Xfinity site, get your password and along the way
they also dump your device to their machine.
I hope there is more security than you have described.
They are even talking about phony "charging stations" that will dump
your mobile device while you think you are just getting a free charge.
If you want to learn more about this, here's a link that will get you
started. The link was huge, so I made a TinyURL:
http://tinyurl.com/kr2rtp2
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