Did you know that your home router is broadcasting free Wi-Fi to the whole neighborhood?

[Zach Epstein]

You're probably a good person who tries to help your fellow man whenever you can, but did you know that you might be lending your home Internet connection to anyone and everyone in your area? Last June, Comcast became the latest Internet service provider to offer up its subscribers' home Internet connections to any other Comcast customers who might be in the area. By default, newer Comcast routers enable a second public Wi-Fi network that anyone within range can connect to using their Comcast account login credentials. As Minnesota's Pioneer Press recently learned, however, not all Comcast customers knew of the change and some of them were horrified to learn about it.

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