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Re: Comcast is injecting 400+ lines of JavaScript into web pages

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Post by throwahey »

WhitneyLand wrote: post #372
throwahey wrote: post #291

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There is a reason they are doing this. After signing up for Xfinity I noticed that the modem we were leasing was broadcasting a public access point with no way to disable it. I purchased my own modem immediately. Then some time later they rolled out their mobile services, which you guessed it, rely’s on those open access points and Sprint as a fall-back. So now customers are paying monthly to host Xfinity mobile serv…

So if they let themselves into your house while you were away and left a note in your dining table, you’d say there’s a reason they’re doing this? There is not a reason to access and modify your private data. This is not some kind of out of band multiplexed signal, they are reaching into your applications and changing their behavior. There are other ways to communicate with people you have a billing relationship with…

My response to the parent comment was why they are forcing their modems on people, not regarding the JS injection, which I was equally horrified to see. There is a reason I keep JS disabled by default.

Re: Comcast is injecting 400+ lines of JavaScript into web pages

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Post by vidarh »

scottmf wrote: post #157
vidarh wrote: post #90

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No, but government could easily have opted for a regulatory regime that prevented it from being a problem, instead of allowing them to continue milking their situation. The EU member states implementation of deregulation of the telecoms sector is far from perfect, but most of them have ended with something that works reasonably well. E.g. in the UK, while the cable operator (there's only one of note left standing) ha…

There’s a lot to dislike about the UK government, but the way they regulated the ISP market is perfect. We have one of the most competitive ISP markets in the world. In my time in the US several years ago I was horrified at the cost and quality of internet (and mobile) service compared to the UK. Any strong libertarian ideals I once had were crushed by the reality of things like this. (Healthcare too but that’s anoth…

I don't really think it's perfect - it lets BT milk OpenReach rather than reinvest more. But it's decent.

It's worth noting, though, that this is the EU's doing, through the Telecoms Directive, not something the UK government did of its own accord.

Re: Comcast is injecting 400+ lines of JavaScript into web pages

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Post by dredmorbius »

sethrin wrote: post #490
dredmorbius wrote: post #482

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Times ... change. It took a moment to realise you didn't terminate and stay resident.

Apologies; I never used DOS enough to retain that acronym.

Apologies, I have ;-)

Re: Comcast is injecting 400+ lines of JavaScript into web pages

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Post by charleslmunger »

GranPC wrote: post #290
charleslmunger wrote: post #285

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I think the intent was to comment that extensions don't protect programs with embedded web views, like the steam store. I'd hope the steam store is using https though...

Only on checkout pages. For the rest of the storefront they actually redirect you from HTTPS to HTTP.

That's especially bad, because you can't actually see the origin or whether TLS is in use from the store's interface...

Re: Comcast is injecting 400+ lines of JavaScript into web pages

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Post by StudentStuff »

phil21 wrote: post #388
StudentStuff wrote: post #350

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Verizon has poor service in many places, eg Hawaii or when roaming up near the Canadian border. They still haven't figured out how to support international roaming reliably, half my family was w/o service for our few hours in Canada. Service in SoCal seems to be one of their last strongholds, but even then voice calls sound like a robot.

Verizon is far and away the market leader in international roaming and it isn't even remotely close. At least in my experience. Source: Tried to get away from VZW for a decade now - international roaming always being the ultimate decider. Curious who you've found to be better. Verizon has always been that shit-tier company ran by borderline criminals which happens to have the far superior network and hard product.

Took multiple support calls and 2 hours of our time to get their phones to roam in Canada, whereas the rest of us were up and running when we landed. Nevermind, once we got their phones working, outbound calls still didn't work on iPhone or Android, it'd ring outbound and the other person would get the call, but the call would collapse on answering it.

Re: Comcast is injecting 400+ lines of JavaScript into web pages

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Post by skinnymuch »

StudentStuff wrote: post #496
phil21 wrote: post #388

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Verizon is far and away the market leader in international roaming and it isn't even remotely close. At least in my experience. Source: Tried to get away from VZW for a decade now - international roaming always being the ultimate decider. Curious who you've found to be better. Verizon has always been that shit-tier company ran by borderline criminals which happens to have the far superior network and hard product.

Took multiple support calls and 2 hours of our time to get their phones to roam in Canada, whereas the rest of us were up and running when we landed. Nevermind, once we got their phones working, outbound calls still didn't work on iPhone or Android, it'd ring outbound and the other person would get the call, but the call would collapse on answering it.

Comcast using Verizon doesn't have that problem in Canada at least the two times so far I've been there with their phones. Worked instantly and the prices are rock solid. Hate still having Att as my main provider when going anywhere outside America.
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