Wardriving Goes Corporate: Comcast Turning Residential WiFi Into ‘Millions of Hotspots’
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Comcast is rolling out residential gateways that simultaneously broadcast a private Wi‑Fi network and an open "Xfinitywifi" public hotspot, creating a large distributed hotspot mesh; the article highlights privacy and security concerns (e.g., legitimizing wardriving, potential misuse of home-based bandwidth) while noting Comcast's claims about isolation, liability protections, and an opt-out option.
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