So how secure is internet browsing?

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Morox

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Sometimes, paranoia strikes with personal stuff (emails, credit card info, etc).

Do people actually monitor everything or anything? I would assume this all tracks back to the ISP. Do they have certain people hired to monitor internet use or is it just random checks or even people checking at all?

I have always been curious about this.
 
i'm sure it would be possible to monitor everything you do online, but who would want to?

anything you've got to steal, i'm sure someone else has more of

just keep an eye on your bank account, and i'm sure the people who are really at risk know who they are
 
use firewall in your comp... it helps to protect your comp...
though it won't make your comp invincible to access by other people if they really want to but it makes them do more works to break thru' the firewall...
 
ISP's monitor users who have been flagged as having 'suspicious' network activity logs. If you want higher levels of privacy, Tor is a network which enables you to be highly anonymous on the net. It's free; just google it.
 
you ISP will generally monitor what you download and uplaod to and from the internet. thats how they catch people doing things illigally. they dont monitor you really closely though.

the whole point of your browser having its security for secure sites (cant remeber name) is so that no one can see what youre doing, even your ISP, if you ISP was monitoring this somehow, it might be a good idea to report them to the police...
 
Ah okay. So it's more like they monitor what people download and not internet browsing?

I remember being cut off before because of excessive downloading at one point, hah.
 
it kind of goes along this spectrum

zero security <--------------not enough-------------> secure but not bullet proof



personally just make sure you use a router that supports NAT, and has a built in SPI firewall. Any network active applications you use (web browsers, bit torrent clients, P2P, etc) support encryption, then no one can see what you are sending/receiving.

If you do that, you are pretty much safe unless you give someone or some organization a reason to come after you.
 
Dropkickmurphys said:
if thats true, i think they only monitor certain people, i bet they dont have the time or the money to monitor a whole country, and it may also be breaking some sort of law.
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It's nor breaking the law as long as it stays in the US or that they have an agreement with that country.
 
webbenji said:
It's nor breaking the law as long as it stays in the US or that they have an agreement with that country.
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Wrong,

If anyone wants to put spy on you they need a warrant, and they would need to subpoena your ISP legally to get any information about you, unless your ISP was willingly giving it out to the government.

No government official can just spy on you whenever they want to, there is a legal process, otherwise the trial would get ripped to shreds and thrown out of court for illegal evidence.
 
spealman said:
Blasphemy. What credible source did you get that info from? On the other hand, our country is headed towards socialism. Monitoring may be realistic long term. :cool:
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Haha, of course GCHQ monitor terrorist communications, when they can find it. It's not like they're going to just turn a blind eye!
Also, a more socialist state would imply less monitoring, not more.
 
like any goverment does anything legally! i think the peeps here at computer forum will be alrite with out being monitored! haha :)
 
i heard of a fairly new threat that hijacks your router, and redirects you to a fake copy of an internet banking site for example, where you would then type in your bank account details, etc, leaving you vulnerable to fraud, and identity fraud etc. (i suppose this could be done for any webpage, that requires personal details to be entered)

the threat is called 'drive-by pharming':
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/reference/Driveby_Pharming.pdf

also im sure there is some sort of monitoring organization on internet traffic, that will track registered pedophiles, and terrorists, and even people who are uploading copious amounts of copyrighted software to the net!

i'm sure I can recall reading/ seeing this on a few 'official' sources, but then again i'm not sure how active the monitoring actually is, or whether it is just in place as a deterrent.
 
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