[Scan-DC] xfinity wifi / cable wifi / cox wifi

[Dewey]

That's the danger of remembering connections and auto-connect that was
mentioned by someone else in a previous reply.  Most systems only store the
SSID (hotspot name), and do not check for other unique identifiers, such as,
the MAC address.  So using xfinity as an example, if you connect
automagically to xfinity at home, when you travel and your system sees an
xfinity hotspot, it's going to connect.  As already stated, the dangerous
part is that I can create my own network full of hacker type tools like data
sniffers and loggers, then add wifi and name it xfinity.  When you and
anyone else who uses auto-connect come within my "reach", your system will
see "xfinity", and log on.  By the time you discover that you really
connected to a hostile "Man in the Middle", it will be too late.  The nature
of the damage can be as little as getting your login credentials to as
serious as sucking down everything on your system if you have network
sharing turned on.  There are other areas/things to this, but I only want to
do as much as possible to educate without saying so much as to make it easy
for someone who does already have the knowledge.

Dewey

-----Original Message-----
From: Scan-DC [mailto:scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Alan
Henney
Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2015 01:47
To: Scan DC
Subject: [Scan-DC] xfinity wifi / cable wifi / cox wifi


My thanks to the many of you who provided valuable info on how to connect to

these xfinity hotspots.

I did some more testing with my Android tablet.  While I am able to connect 
to these Comcast hotspots, when I open a browser, it says "page not found."

But funny thing, when I moved into a different neighborhood, my tablet 
started connecting through xfinity without ever having entered a password.

Odd, huh?

I will try a notebook next.

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