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By *ittle_brat_evie!! OP   Woman
over a year ago

evesham

i i am at someone elses house using my own laptop but their wireless router or dongle can they see what sites i have been on???

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By *riendlyfunfemWoman
over a year ago

A world of my own

Not through a router but not sure about the dongle as I have never used one, I would imagine not but not 100% sure.

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By *ezebelWoman
over a year ago

North of The Wall - youll need your vest


"Not through a router but not sure about the dongle as I have never used one, I would imagine not but not 100% sure."

As far as I know its just the lappy but maybe Big Brother can find some way to track you down if he puts his mind to it

One of the techies here will be here soon to tell us..

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By (user no longer on site)
Forum Mod
over a year ago

Bit late now if they can

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Pretty sure they couldn't unless they were super super techy, and even then maybe not still. I wouldn't be worried...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I use a dongle when I'm away and I don't know of any way that I could see where I'd previously been.

As Friendly fun says, I don't know any way you can find out on a router either.

Both of them are simply providing a connection, it's the computer that uses that connection that has knowledge of where you've been. Assuming that you have it set accordingly.

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By *ittle_brat_evie!! OP   Woman
over a year ago

evesham


"Bit late now if they can

"

true that - am at my mums trying to hide my screen - no use if she can see my internet history

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By (user no longer on site)
Forum Mod
over a year ago


"Bit late now if they can

true that - am at my mums trying to hide my screen - no use if she can see my internet history "

If its your mum and shes anything like mine she won't have a clue even if there was a way to know

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By *ezebelWoman
over a year ago

North of The Wall - youll need your vest


"i i am at someone elses house using my own laptop but their wireless router or dongle can they see what sites i have been on??? "

You dirty perv!! We've all just been able to see where youve been browsing!

And we are shocked

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By *prite128Woman
over a year ago

maidstone


"i i am at someone elses house using my own laptop but their wireless router or dongle can they see what sites i have been on???

You dirty perv!! We've all just been able to see where youve been browsing!

And we are shocked "

indeed we are ...how do you sleep at night ??

and dont say buck naked with a rabbit in hand

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

it is possible to see other peoples info but its through the wifi connection there is a file share option in windows vista if its turned on you can view browsing history and files. I have used this to share files with the kids laptop and to see what they have been looking at

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By *ittle_brat_evie!! OP   Woman
over a year ago

evesham

ah crap

still least it will show her i am not the prude she thinks i am

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I use BTs homehub in my home.

Hubby uses it with the ethernet wire on the main PC, I use it wirelessly on my lappy.

He linked the lappy to the main PC for sharing music, but so far he has never said he could tell what sites I have been on. Good for pretending I havent been looking at shops online

But Im sure someone who knows more will be able to be more accutate.

I hope you didnt get caught doing something naughty now

Shona

x x x

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By *iggles and BeardyCouple
over a year ago

Bristol

As long as you arnt logging into some random wireless, you should be fine.

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By *emmefataleWoman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville

I would be very careful about doing this unless you are 100% sure they cant, some unscrupulous people out there, it happened to a friend of mine on here and it caused a lot of trauma.......so be very very careful honey xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

As a general guide, there are a few points can you should consider to make sure that your network is reasonably secure if you use wifi:

1 Most importantly, use encryption. Most routers will support this feature and the better one to use is WPA.

2 MAC address filtering - This feature limits the devices that can be allowed to connect to your access point, and again most routers support this feature

3 Hiding your network. As you might imagine this will stop your router broadcasting your network's name (also known as it's SSID). Note though that there are is some moody software available that can still pick up your network.

You can find out more about the above points and how to use them by having a little read of the manual for your make and model of router.

And of course one last tip, it's always a good idea to ensure that your antivirus and windows are nicely updated on a very regular basis.

Hope this helps x

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By *ezebelWoman
over a year ago

North of The Wall - youll need your vest


"As a general guide, there are a few points can you should consider to make sure that your network is reasonably secure if you use wifi:

1 Most importantly, use encryption. Most routers will support this feature and the better one to use is WPA.

2 MAC address filtering - This feature limits the devices that can be allowed to connect to your access point, and again most routers support this feature

3 Hiding your network. As you might imagine this will stop your router broadcasting your network's name (also known as it's SSID). Note though that there are is some moody software available that can still pick up your network.

You can find out more about the above points and how to use them by having a little read of the manual for your make and model of router.

And of course one last tip, it's always a good idea to ensure that your antivirus and windows are nicely updated on a very regular basis.

Hope this helps x"

See I know this is all really helpful stuff but why oh why do I just feel the shutters coming down when I try to read it??

Its like a foreign language to me

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By *im53Man
over a year ago

Boldon

put simply if you are just useing there dongle and router no one can find out what you have been looking at as all that info is stored on your computer so sleep sound your secret is safe

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By *ig badMan
over a year ago

Up North :-)

I do know King Harold got shot in the eye in 1066 while looking at on line porn. Tell ya internet history goes back a long long way.

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By *emmefataleWoman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville


"As a general guide, there are a few points can you should consider to make sure that your network is reasonably secure if you use wifi:

1 Most importantly, use encryption. Most routers will support this feature and the better one to use is WPA.

2 MAC address filtering - This feature limits the devices that can be allowed to connect to your access point, and again most routers support this feature

3 Hiding your network. As you might imagine this will stop your router broadcasting your network's name (also known as it's SSID). Note though that there are is some moody software available that can still pick up your network.

You can find out more about the above points and how to use them by having a little read of the manual for your make and model of router.

And of course one last tip, it's always a good idea to ensure that your antivirus and windows are nicely updated on a very regular basis.

Hope this helps x

See I know this is all really helpful stuff but why oh why do I just feel the shutters coming down when I try to read it??

Its like a foreign language to me "
oh gowd, iv just started to read that , it may have well been in a foreign language

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Oops, sorry. I sometimes have trouble breaking jargon down in to English

1 WPA stands for Wifi Protected Access and what it aims to do is encrypt (scramble) the information that is sent between your computer/device and your router to make it difficult for anybody to access that data and use it for their own purposes.

2 Each device that is capable of connecting to a network point, such as a router, has a unigue ID that is assigned to it. This ID is called the MAC (Media Access Control) address, and because it is unique that's why it can be used for filtering the devices that are allowed to connect to your network

3 A wireless network address is used to tell a device which network it should connect to. Sometimes there can be a long list of networks that are available so your computer needs to know which is the preferred one.

I am sorry if I managed to confuse anyone with my earlier post, and I hope this helps to clear things up a little.

x

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By *poolgalCouple
over a year ago

liverpool


"i i am at someone elses house using my own laptop but their wireless router or dongle can they see what sites i have been on??? "

why what are you trying to hide??

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By *emmefataleWoman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville


"Oops, sorry. I sometimes have trouble breaking jargon down in to English

1 WPA stands for Wifi Protected Access and what it aims to do is encrypt (scramble) the information that is sent between your computer/device and your router to make it difficult for anybody to access that data and use it for their own purposes.

2 Each device that is capable of connecting to a network point, such as a router, has a unigue ID that is assigned to it. This ID is called the MAC (Media Access Control) address, and because it is unique that's why it can be used for filtering the devices that are allowed to connect to your network

3 A wireless network address is used to tell a device which network it should connect to. Sometimes there can be a long list of networks that are available so your computer needs to know which is the preferred one.

I am sorry if I managed to confuse anyone with my earlier post, and I hope this helps to clear things up a little.

x"
oh dont apologise, unless its about shoes i wont understand it x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"xoh dont apologise, unless its about shoes i wont understand it x "

Hmm, imagine how protective you'd be over a pair of Jimmy Choos, and that's the same sort attitude to have towards your wireless network lol

x

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By *emmefataleWoman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville


"xoh dont apologise, unless its about shoes i wont understand it x

Hmm, imagine how protective you'd be over a pair of Jimmy Choos, and that's the same sort attitude to have towards your wireless network lol

x"
oh i get it now

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"xoh i get it now "

Well that's a first! Someone understood one of my analogies

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By *andKCouple
over a year ago

Norfolk


"xoh dont apologise, unless its about shoes i wont understand it x

Hmm, imagine how protective you'd be over a pair of Jimmy Choos, and that's the same sort attitude to have towards your wireless network lol

x"

you been speak to K about her shoesw again? pmsl

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I do know King Harold got shot in the eye in 1066 while looking at on line porn. Tell ya internet history goes back a long long way."

. That is a long way indeed. Now was it 1066 or is that Microsoft timer really mean 6 minutes after 11?

Seriously, Im with the other post that says it's a foreign language. That's what my BF is for. He does the techie stuff as I do the Percy stuff.

I'm reduced to pervin on an itouch cos I inadvertantly deleted "rarely used" programmes on my laptop.

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