Actually this is not much of a surprise. It's a side effect of the way some
cable companies are implementing their Internet access offerings that is
just not highlighted. Sort of a "dirty little secret". Most cable Internet
access is just one big LAN and anyone who can put their computer in
promiscuous mode or, at the very least, use Network Neighborhood can find
out lots of interesting stuff. I've wanted to do the same thing for some
time now, but my ethics keep getting in the way.
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> From: Gary Maltzen[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, July 10, 1999 6:18 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Surprise, Surprise...
>
> Saturday Minneapolis Star-Trib has a front page article on how a local
> resident hooked his computer up to his cable provider and was able to
> browse 30-odd home AND BUSINESS machines before he raised a red flag.
> (Much to his dismay, he apparently discovered that one of his neighbors is
> a "porn king")
>
> http://www.startribune.com/stOnLine/cgi-bin/article?thisSlug=cabl10
>
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