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upboundspiralyesterday at 5:02 PM5 repliesview on HN

What about XFinity, which by default shares the wifi you pay for with strangers to create access points around the city?


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bronco21016yesterday at 5:16 PM

It sounds like this attack would work in that scenario provided the attacker is able to connect to the guest access point.

I haven’t paid attention to one in a while but I seem to remember the need to authenticate with the guest network using Xfinity credentials. This at least makes it so attribution might be possible.

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1bppyesterday at 11:58 PM

As of a few years ago, you could simply spoof your MAC to that of a Comcast subscriber with these and you'd get unrestricted access on the hotspot.

happyPersonRyesterday at 5:17 PM

This is probably the biggest issue.

I turn WiFi mine off and use my own WiFi ap.

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ProllyInfamousyesterday at 5:46 PM

See also: Amazon's Sidewalk (which shares your network via Ring camerae, e.g.).

vee-kayyesterday at 5:33 PM

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