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Title: shutting down your computer
Post by: shankle on January 31, 2012, 12:27:30 PM

Have you ever watched the modem blinking when you are shutting
down your computer? WHY? I know, I'm paranoid. I yank the modem
wire when shutting down now. That and Gmail and the upcoming privacy
policy. Evidently, they are collecting everything about everybody for God
knows what reason. In other words you have NO privacy no matter what you
do. So use an old computer for any personal stuff NOT connected the the internet.
That is security. Not that I have anything to hide but shades of the 1984
science fiction novel.

Title: Re: shutting down your computer
Post by: sinsi on January 31, 2012, 12:45:22 PM

DHCP release?

Title: Re: shutting down your computer
Post by: bozo on January 31, 2012, 12:54:10 PM

You could close your google service accounts (Youtube, Gmail, Google+) and avoid using google search engine.
Although most of the information is used for advertising purposes, they do keep information which could be misused at some point.

Title: Re: shutting down your computer
Post by: shankle on January 31, 2012, 02:03:02 PM

Thanks for the replies.
Sinsi would you be so kind as to elaborate a tad about dhcp Please.

Title: Re: shutting down your computer
Post by: bozo on January 31, 2012, 02:18:33 PM

create a batch file and pop the following into it:

Quote@echo off
ipconfig /release
pause

i just put the pause in there for confirmation

Title: Re: shutting down your computer
Post by: Bill Cravener on January 31, 2012, 06:36:23 PM

Quote from: shankle on January 31, 2012, 12:27:30 PM
Have you ever watched the modem blinking when you are shutting
down your computer? WHY? I know, I'm paranoid. I yank the modem
wire when shutting down now.

Oh my! They're coming to get you shankle. Best keep your doors locked. I'd bet it's the FBI or maybe the CIA, we all know how important it is to keep track of your surfing habits. Better quit visiting those porn sites buddy.(http://www.quickersoft.com/pictures/gigglesmile.gif)

Title: Re: shutting down your computer
Post by: clive on January 31, 2012, 06:49:04 PM

Quote from: sinsiDHCP release?

Or tearing down the PPPoE context.

Put an old hub in there and probe the traffic with WireShark or something.

Then again the NSA/GCHQ is watching you from the fiber tee anyway, or the geeks at the ISP are watching your DNS requests.

Title: Re: shutting down your computer
Post by: Tedd on February 02, 2012, 01:16:59 PM

And Google (amongst other ad-pushers) have gremlins on pretty much every site, collecting the trail left by your browsing habits..

Title: Re: shutting down your computer
Post by: bozo on February 02, 2012, 02:32:50 PM

@clive: you could try firefox and noscript add-on

Title: Re: shutting down your computer
Post by: locche on February 03, 2012, 06:32:22 AM

I read a nice book recently called 'Sillicon Jungle'. It's fiction, but an interesting read. If you're a google fan, this is for you.

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