XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: email@here.invalid   
      
   On 26/11/2025 13:55, micky wrote:   
   > OT?? if I'm using someone else's wifi, can he tell what's in email I'm   
   > sending or receiving, can he tell what I'm sending or receiving on the   
   > web, or what I'm sending or receiving here on Usenet?.   I would think   
   > not but just want to be sure.    He's a smart guy but no tech genius   
   > afaik.  If he were a tech wiz, could he do it?   
   >   
      
   Hi Micky,   
      
   YES, and if not him, then anyone else that is also using his network   
   (authorised or not). And then, everytime he switches on his machines   
   with unknown malware (who knows?), those same machines are looking at   
   you, you being on the same network.   
      
   Please fix this. If you have a large or difficult property, consider   
   wiring access more points and sticking them on 5GHz. Your router   
   password needs to be quite long, looks like complete randomness, you'll   
   hardly ever type it. Change it from the one the manufacturer set as a   
   matter of course.   
      
   BTW There is no point any more in hiding SSIDs that used to be   
   fashionable security advice. In fact if you do that then your portable   
   device is forced to maintain a local list of recent contacted SSIDs and   
   repeatedly calls out "Are You There?", which anyone can use for tracking   
   you when you are out and about.   
      
   --   
   Adrian C   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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