11 Dec
2014
11 Dec
'14
9:30 a.m.
On Thu, 11 Dec 2014 09:24:10 -0500 Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
On Thu, 11 Dec 2014 00:11:07 -0500, Jay Ashworth said:
I will give them their props: I only had to sign in *once*, last year; their auth controller has recognized my MAC address at every spot I've used since.
Actually, that's sort of scary if you think about it too hard. Shared-secret authentication has its flaws, but it still beats shared-nonsecret auth.
I really hope it's something on your laptop other than the mac address....
It's not - Cablevision allow you to register devices via their website.... by mac address.