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XFinity has some bullshit where your router provides an AP for other XFinity members. My understanding is that it uses bandwidth you aren't paying for to carry
by hinkley 8d ago
XFinity has some bullshit where your router provides an AP for other XFinity members.
My understanding is that it uses bandwidth you aren't paying for to carry this signal rather than using up what you paid for, but still it's been there for something going on ten years.
- jghn 8d agoThat was the moment I bought my own cable modem instead of using theirs.
- hinkley 8d agoI was about to switch carriers anyway, that was the kick in the butt I needed to make the call and schedule an appointment. Some parts of these organizations are aware that some of their rent comes from inertia. Other parts don't realize that they are providing the impulse to overcome that inertia.
- mikestew 8d agoSo don't give it your Xfinity creds? My understanding is that Xfinity doesn't let just anyone connect to that network.
- hinkley 8d agoYou lack imagination, which is a liability in this field. Not your creds. Nothing stops the manufacturer from making a deal to get an account from XFinity and shipping the creds on the TV. Then they can exfiltrate data from anyone who has an Xfinity repeater anywhere in broadcast range.
- mitxela 8d agoGood time to extract the creds from the TV and get free internet.
- account42 7d agoImagination is well and good but don't jump to assuming that just because you can imagine something it is already happening now. So far I have seen zero evidence that it is.
- hinkley 7d agoI didn’t say it’s happening. It’s a next step that has already been tried by others, though.
- alistairSH 8d agoIIRC, BT does this in the UK (via the EE Wifi program).