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"doing active scans for any unsecured wifi network in range"
by rubidium 5y ago
"doing active scans for any unsecured wifi network in range"
- 10000truths 5y agoThis doesn’t seem like a practical thing for manufacturers to implement. How common are such networks in actuality? Literally the only time I ever encountered unsecured Wi-Fi networks in the past several years were guest networks, and all of those were gated by a capture portal that would have blocked any sort of attempt at telemetry or ad serving.
- monocasa 5y agoA deal with comcast and their ubiquitous pseudo public hotspots would simplify that.
- Firehawke 5y agoxfinitywifi, the comparable similar functionality from CenturyLink, etc, or if you happen to live just a bit too close to a McDonalds or other business that has open WiFi. And of course the possibility of one of your neighbors screwing up his WiFi setup. There are a lot of ways this can (and has) gone horribly wrong for privacy.
- jeffbee 5y agoI doubt any TV does this but if I needed to implement it I would just do it the same way that I use wifi in hotels that have captive portals without paying for it: tunnel IP over DNS.
- kazinator 5y ago> doesn’t seem like a practical thing for manufacturers to implement. In terms of what, lines of code? Engineer days?
- Avshalom 5y agoPretty common. https://finder.wifi.xfinity.com/ https://finder.wifi.xfinity.com/
- myrandomcomment 5y agoXfinity requires login. It is not open.