home bbs files messages ]

Forums before death by AOL, social media and spammers... "We can't have nice things"

   comp.mobile.android      Discussion about Android-based devices      236,147 messages   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]

   Message 234,983 of 236,147   
   Arno Welzel to All   
   Re: Internet activity monitor app for an   
   03 Dec 25 17:30:36   
   
   From: usenet@arnowelzel.de   
      
   N_Cook, 2025-12-03 17:23:   
      
   > On 03/12/2025 15:04, Arno Welzel wrote:   
   >> N_Cook, 2025-12-03 15:33:   
   >>   
   >>> I've got so used to my "Think Broadband" activity monitor occupying the   
   >>> top right hand corner of my old pc screen, realtime monitoring uploads   
   >>> and downloads, that I find I dare not use the phone for other than a   
   >>> couple of simple trusted sites.   
   >>> Over the years TB has logged and highlighted something like 800   
   >>> presumably bad actor intrusion IPs, that I transfered into the firewall.   
   >>> Seemingly nothing comparible for a phone.   
   >>   
   >> How to you define a "bad actor intrusion IP"? A working firewall will   
   >> not allow *any* incoming connection at all unless this is granted on   
   >> purpose.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   > Anything that is irrelevant to my current upfront activity, and putting   
   > such intrusive IPs in the firewall makes no difference to my surfing.   
   > I've not specifically agreed to their intrussion , so in my terms should   
   > not be there , inserted adverts,pop-ups sniffing or whatever.   
      
   Please define "intrussion" (I assume that was a typo for "intrusion").   
      
      
   --   
   Arno Welzel   
   https://arnowelzel.de   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]


(c) 1994,  bbs@darkrealms.ca