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Re: Comcast thinks it ok to install public wifi in your house


From: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 09:24:10 -0500

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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