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JumpCrisscross 15 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: LG to ban residential proxies from smart TV apps

> When was the last time you saw a completely open residential wifi access point in the wild?

I have family who get frustrated with their home Wi-fi and about every other year conclude the solution is to unsecure the connection.

SoftTalker 15 days ago [–]

I'm not sure Comcast would even let me do that today, though I haven't tried. I gave up running my own home router and WiFi a few years ago, they just made it too much of a PITA.

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