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They could change your DNS server to one of their own, so when you access http://www.safespeed.org.uk instead of going to the IP address 66.29.138.186 it goes to (or via) some other computer, logging your activities.

I believe that this "DNS poisoning" can even be used over "secure" (HTTPS) connections, so any online banking etc. that is carried out from any PC on that connection can be compromised!!

Basically they have the key to your front door, and can use it whenever and however they want.

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But they have that key because you gave it to them (by not changing the default credidentials) so you can hardly complain.

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When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race. H.G. Wells
When I see a youth in a motor car I do d.c.brown

More limited input from me... When I phone someone for help whom resides in the Philippines, so he told me, he already knows everything about me and can control, change and monitor what’s going on at my end. All I’m doing is confirming who I am, hopefully, to someone I can trust.

To use Boomer’s analogy, maybe I did give them the key but only because they’ve got a gun to my head. We seem to be going down a path where it’s becoming impossible to do anything without it being 'out there' in the aether and mere mortals like myself don’t know who is capable of doing what.

So I think I can complain dcb

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The views expressed in this post are personal opinions and do not necessarily represent the views of Safe Speed.
You will be branded a threat to society by going over a speed limit where it is safe to do so, and suffer the consequences of your actions in a way criminals do not, more so than someone who is a real threat to our society.

Oh yes, you can. You do it frequently.

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When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race. H.G. Wells
When I see a youth in a motor car I do d.c.brown

When using my pc to access the bank I first insert my account code.
The bank system then responds, the response is specific to the user and account, and is a known response to that user.
If the response is not the expected one, the final pass is not entered.
The pc sits on the protected side of the router, on which the password has been changed from the default.
In any case, if you are running windows then Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-037 is relevant. If you update regularly then you should have no problems. If you do not use updates then you have more problems to worry about !

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The world runs on oil, period. No other substance can compete when it comes to energy density, flexibility, ease of handling, ease of transportation. If oil didn’t exist we would have to invent it.”

56 years after it was decided it was needed, the Bedford Bypass is nearing completion. The last single carriageway length of it.We have the most photogenic mayor though, always being photographed doing nothing