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eniwetok

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22. PCs have more malware detectors...

Wed Mar 29, 2017, 05:48 PM

Mar 2017

Getting back to my original point... I don't see how an ISP can log keystrokes without some spyware. Carrier IQ may be such spyware on Android devices... but my ISP doesn't ask me to install anything.

I don't trust any corporation not to see our private info as an asset they can sell. I remember back in 99ish when Doubleclick changed its policy from just wanting anonymous info to being free to sell even personal info. And even if the corporation has in its TOS an assurance of confidentially... it doesn't mean it can't change its policies... OR in the case of bankruptcy... creditors won't see that private info as an asset. This happened in a case about 15 years ago... I can't remember the site... maybe etoys.com.

Smart phones are scary devices because of their ability to work in ways the user doesn't understand or approve of.

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VPNs Won't Save You from Congress' Internet Privacy Giveaway [View all] Miles Archer Mar 2017 OP

Use DuckDuckGo as your browser. Kacy Mar 2017 #1

That's got nothing to do with this jberryhill Mar 2017 #2

I'm no expert but I think that the issue is with marked50 Mar 2017 #3

100% correct. Miles Archer Mar 2017 #6

That's a search engine, not a browser FDRsGhost Mar 2017 #16

We use P I A... dixiegrrrrl Mar 2017 #4

I used it for a long time, LOVED it, and could not get it to work with Windows 8 or 10 Miles Archer Mar 2017 #5

We have outages often, here, for various reasons, some of them not known. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2017 #9

You can easily select your ISP or a VPN Ilsa Mar 2017 #7

Your ISP is what you are paying for to connect you to the internet dixiegrrrrl Mar 2017 #8

Thank you. NT Ilsa Mar 2017 #10

If you use Microsoft, THEY can tell where you go, dixiegrrrrl Mar 2017 #11

WATCH OUT FOR MAIL PROBLEMS WITH VPN! eniwetok Mar 2017 #12

I have no email issues with AirVPN, and didn't have one with ExpressVPN either. Miles Archer Mar 2017 #13

keystrokes.... eniwetok Mar 2017 #15

Carrier IQ, reportedly installed on over 140 million devices Miles Archer Mar 2017 #17

I was referring to PCs eniwetok Mar 2017 #19

I understand, but if the technology exists for androids... Miles Archer Mar 2017 #20

PCs have more malware detectors... eniwetok Mar 2017 #22

Don't use free VPN's. If the "product" is free for you, YOU are the product. NightWatcher Mar 2017 #14

Many "free" VPNs are honeypots. Miles Archer Mar 2017 #18

Question about the paid VPNs mentioned Blazesweetie Mar 2017 #21

Depends on the VPN. Miles Archer Mar 2017 #23