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Comcast's public WiFi networks inject Javascript ads into web pages you visit. - deckeda - 09-08-2014
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/09/why-comcasts-javascript-ad-injections-threaten-security-net-neutrality/
These jerks just don't get it.
Re: Comcast's public WiFi networks inject Javascript ads into web pages you visit. - vision63 - 09-08-2014
They get it deckeda
Re: Comcast's public WiFi networks inject Javascript ads into web pages you visit. - GuyGene - 09-08-2014
deckeda wrote:
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/09/why-comcasts-javascript-ad-injections-threaten-security-net-neutrality/
These jerks just don't get it.
Ye took the words right off me keyboard, deck. :agree:
Re: Comcast's public WiFi networks inject Javascript ads into web pages you visit. - M A V I C - 09-08-2014
"We think it's a courtesy, and it helps address some concerns that people might not be absolutely sure they're on a hotspot from Comcast," Douglas said.
https://twitter.com/CGDouglas
#justsayin
Re: Comcast's public WiFi networks inject Javascript ads into web pages you visit. - Speedy - 09-08-2014
Aren't all Comcast users' networks public?
Re: Comcast's public WiFi networks inject Javascript ads into web pages you visit. - space-time - 09-09-2014
Speedy wrote:
Aren't all Comcast users' networks public?
no, I have my own modem (no WiFi) and I use Airport Extreme Base station.
Re: Comcast's public WiFi networks inject Javascript ads into web pages you visit. - deckeda - 09-09-2014
Even so, article says consumer customers aren't affected, only Comcast's public hotspots.
Re: Comcast's public WiFi networks inject Javascript ads into web pages you visit. - M A V I C - 09-09-2014
deckeda wrote:
Even so, article says consumer customers aren't affected, only Comcast's public hotspots.
Except that if you have a Comcast modem & router, they turn your connection into a public hotspot.
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/06/comcast-raises-your-electric-bill-by-turning-router-into-a-public-hotspot/
Since last year, Comcast's wireless gateways have by default broadcast a second signal that turns each customer's modem and router into a public Wi-Fi hotspot. It's all part of Comcast's plan to create a nationwide Wi-Fi network of more than 1 million hotspots that the cable company can sell access to.
Re: Comcast's public WiFi networks inject Javascript ads into web pages you visit. - silvarios - 09-09-2014
space-time wrote:
[quote=Speedy]
Aren't all Comcast users' networks public?
no, I have my own modem (no WiFi) and I use Airport Extreme Base station.
Same here. Same at my mom's place.
Re: Comcast's public WiFi networks inject Javascript ads into web pages you visit. - silvarios - 09-09-2014
M A V I C wrote:
[quote=deckeda]
Even so, article says consumer customers aren't affected, only Comcast's public hotspots.
Except that if you have a Comcast modem & router, they turn your connection into a public hotspot.
Yeah.