Every router shipped these days either by the cable company or separately is configured with a password by default.

jermaustin1 20 hours ago | parent | next [-]

And 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 20 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Even that WiFi is gated by having to have an account with the ISP at least it was with Comcast.

▲

SoftTalker 16 hours ago | parent [-]

what stops Comcast and TV makers from making a deal to use it?

	▲	raw_anon_1111 16 hours ago \| parent [-]
		So 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?

▲

8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

[deleted]

▲

gambiting 20 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

>>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 16 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It was common that Comcast has a separate WiFi guest network where anyone with a Comcast account could sign in and use it.

▲

peacebeard 20 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It's anecdotal, but I live in an apartment and while most of the WIFI networks are password protected, not all are.

▲

Loughla 15 hours ago | parent [-]

My 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 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I would have thought modern devices would complain about unencrypted enough that putting even the password 123456 would be less painful