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Every router shipped these days either by the cable company or separately is configured with a password by default.
by raw_anon_1111 11mo ago
Every router shipped these days either by the cable company or separately is configured with a password by default.
- jermaustin1 11mo agoAnd a guest wifi that is password free on by default. All it takes is a neighbor to get a new router from the ISP. I just had to turn my guest wifi off because I noticed a lot of bandwidth on it (likely coming from our neighbor who was bragging about cord cutting).
- raw_anon_1111 11mo agoEven that WiFi is gated by having to have an account with the ISP at least it was with Comcast.
- SoftTalker 11mo agowhat stops Comcast and TV makers from making a deal to use it?
- raw_anon_1111 11mo agoSo now Comcast is going to make a deal that TVs can use their guest WiFi network without logging in but only to send surveillance information?
- gambiting 11mo ago>>And a guest wifi that is password free on by default. I've literally never seen a router with a guest wifi enabled by default, from any ISP or otherwise - is that a common thing where you live?
- raw_anon_1111 11mo agoIt was common that Comcast has a separate WiFi guest network where anyone with a Comcast account could sign in and use it.
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- peacebeard 11mo agoIt's anecdotal, but I live in an apartment and while most of the WIFI networks are password protected, not all are.
- Loughla 11mo agoMy Wi-Fi isn't. I live about 2 miles away from my closest neighbor, so it was an inconvenience. The trick was finding TV's and what not that don't need an Internet connection. Vizio was the only brand I could find that still had just dumb tv flat screens, believe it or not.
- hsbauauvhabzb 11mo agoI would have thought modern devices would complain about unencrypted enough that putting even the password 123456 would be less painful