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First recorded activity by BoatBanter: Nov 2013
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New Comcast feature
On 11/22/2013 2:19 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
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.
I don't know. I've described everything I know about it so far.
I don't see how it's any different than the "free" WiFi connections that
many public places have now except you have to have a Comcast account to
access it.
I am not going to worry about it though. You don't *have* to use it and
if your home router is transmitting the second channel you can call
Comcast and have it disabled if you desire.
What no names, no curtain climbing??? No waving??????
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