Re:How I doubled my Internet speed with OpenWRT
by 0x0 on Sunday March 29, 2015 @02:46PM
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Doesn't the xfinitiwifi inject ads MITM-style? I recall seeing some weird html overlays with xfinity ads on random web pages last time I browsed over one of these SSIDs.
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I don't know if they inject ads, but they have the capability to do it. When I connect to an "xfinitywifi" SSID, the first HTTP page load I do will have a little "You're using XFINITY Wi-Fi. Isn't it totally awesomesauce?!"-style pop-up appear for a few seconds in the lower right corner of the browser window.
Re:How I doubled my Internet speed with OpenWRT
by malchow on Sunday March 29, 2015 @03:16PM
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Yes, I have seen this too. They put a modal over an HTML document with a Comcast-sold IAB ad.
> Doesn't the xfinitiwifi inject ads MITM-style?
No.
I feel like this post should be longer, but I can't think else to say. The answer to your question is: No.
Re:How I doubled my Internet speed with OpenWRT
by hueving on Sunday March 29, 2015 @08:59PM
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Well your post seems to be at odds with sibling comments. What is your source of information?
HN advice: when you feel you are right and every one else is wrong, please please quote a source.
Well I definitively saw unnatural HTML content overlays in the browser, and the only explanation I can think of is that the wifi hotspot MITM-injected javascript either in .html or .js files as they were downloaded to insert these overlays. Would love to see this proved wrong though :)