BT in the UK did the same thing a few years ago with a silent firmware upgrade. On 11 Dec 2014 15:51, "Scott Helms" <khe...@zcorum.com> wrote:
> John, > > My apologies, I misread your email :) > > > Scott Helms > Vice President of Technology > ZCorum > (678) 507-5000 > -------------------------------- > http://twitter.com/kscotthelms > -------------------------------- > > On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 9:46 AM, John Peach <john-na...@peachfamily.net> > wrote: > > > On Thu, 11 Dec 2014 09:37:22 -0500 > > Scott Helms <khe...@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-na...@peachfamily.net> wrote: > > > > > > > On Thu, 11 Dec 2014 09:24:10 -0500 > > > > valdis.kletni...@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. > > > > > > >
