Comcast thinks it ok to install public wifi in your house

Scott Helms khelms at zcorum.com
Thu Dec 11 14:48:58 UTC 2014


John,

My apologies, I misread your email :)


Scott Helms
Vice President of Technology
ZCorum
(678) 507-5000
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http://twitter.com/kscotthelms
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On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 9:46 AM, John Peach <john-nanog at peachfamily.net>
wrote:

> On Thu, 11 Dec 2014 09:37:22 -0500
> Scott Helms <khelms at zcorum.com> wrote:
>
> > It is, you only have to log in once and then it remembers your MAC
> > address.  Harvesting usable MAC addresses is as trivial as putting up
> > an open access point with the SSIDs xfinitywifi and CableWifi and
> > recording the MAC addresses that connect to it.
>
> I was just pointing out that you don't even need to login with the
> device. Cablevision allow you to register a MAC address on their
> website.
>
>
> >
> >
> > Scott Helms
> > Vice President of Technology
> > ZCorum
> > (678) 507-5000
> > --------------------------------
> > http://twitter.com/kscotthelms
> > --------------------------------
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 9:30 AM, John Peach
> > <john-nanog at peachfamily.net> wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, 11 Dec 2014 09:24:10 -0500
> > > Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu wrote:
> > >
> > > > 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....
> > >
> > > It's not - Cablevision allow you to register devices via their
> > > website.... by mac address.
> > >
>



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