I haven't seen any open WiFi networks around me in years. I don't think it's a thing anymore; it's definitely not something a TV company can rely on.

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baby_souffle 3 hours ago | parent [-]

They're not unheard of in cities. Hotels and shopping malls have them. Some residential ISPs will also broadcast a public access point using a slice of each customer's bandwidth allocation...

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drnick1 an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Another reason not to use ISP hardware. That's on top of a well-known backdoor (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TR-069).

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dhosek 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

When I had Comcast internet, I could get on those, but it required a network profile to actually connect to the internet. That said, I wouldn’t put it past TV makers and Comcast to collude on using this to allow backdoor network exfiltration.

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prmoustache an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

They all have captive portal for regulatory reasons though.

	▲	Symbiote 10 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Depends on the country. The cafe I live above in Denmark just has an open network.