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DeadPhan


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Internet unusually slow. Cause for concern? Surveillance or paranoia?
#17512379 - 01/07/13 02:31 PM (11 years, 4 months ago) |
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My Internet is running unusually slow. I've heard through grapevine this could be a sign of being surveiled. I'm sure I'm just paranoid but seems wierd man
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cloudpersona
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Re: Internet unusually slow. Cause for concern? Surveillance or paranoia? [Re: DeadPhan]
#17513254 - 01/07/13 05:40 PM (11 years, 4 months ago) |
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No. Your isp sees everything you do, regardless of if they want to watch you, It's just whether or not the cops are watching too.
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Alan Rockefeller
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Re: Internet unusually slow. Cause for concern? Surveillance or paranoia? [Re: DeadPhan]
#17513486 - 01/07/13 06:28 PM (11 years, 4 months ago) |
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Quote:
DeadPhan said: I've heard through grapevine this could be a sign of being surveiled.
The grapevine doesn't know what they are talking about. Copying your packets doesn't slow them down.
Check your ping time with ping 4.2.2.2, and set ping to send 1000 packets to see if you are losing any. Check the actual speed with speedtest.net.
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ch1ck3n.s0up
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Re: Internet unusually slow. Cause for concern? Surveillance or paranoia? [Re: Alan Rockefeller]
#17513612 - 01/07/13 06:52 PM (11 years, 4 months ago) |
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Is your wifi password protected? If not you might have 100 people freeloading on your network, most of them streaming or torrenting porn in HD.
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Edited by ch1ck3n.s0up (01/07/13 06:52 PM)
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ch1ck3n.s0up
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Re: Internet unusually slow. Cause for concern? Surveillance or paranoia? [Re: ch1ck3n.s0up]
#17514219 - 01/07/13 08:46 PM (11 years, 4 months ago) |
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-------------------- "Inspiration ~ Move me brightly ~ light the song with sense and color ~ hold away despair ~ more than this I will not ask ~ faced with mysteries dark and vast ~ statements just seem vain at last" --Jerry Garcia, Terrapin Station "Officer, I'm going to remain silent, and I would like to speak with a lawyer. I'm not resisting, but I don't consent to any searches.
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LateForTheFuture
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Re: Internet unusually slow. Cause for concern? Surveillance or paranoia? [Re: ch1ck3n.s0up]
#17524051 - 01/09/13 06:36 PM (11 years, 4 months ago) |
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Most likely getting your wireless network tapped into by a neighbor. Make sure you don't have WEP enabled, and go ahead and change your network key regularly.... Should help.
EDIT: You can edit your routers settings by connecting to it through your browser (usually 192.168.0.1 without a .com) and logging in with the default settings that are for your specific router - if you don't know this login information, you can look it up online with a list of defaults or look in your user manual. If you really have to, call your ISP.
Edited by LateForTheFuture (01/09/13 06:38 PM)
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