Uni internet connection??? First good answer 10 points!?

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Uni internet connection??? First good answer 10 points!?

Answer 1

No it is absolutely illegal for any company, school, person, group, organization to consult you about your internet usage if your paying them and they have no restrictions on it. As long as the websites are legal and your not breaking any rules they clearly enforce you are 100% safe. I'm not implying anything but for example porn sites may be objectional to some critics but are perfectly legal as long as youre 18. No one can be prosecuted or embarressed for any reason because of a legal site they go on. If they embaress you in any way bring them to civil court and sew em :)

Answer 2

Yes they can. If they have the right kind of software on their server. They do monitor your connection to see how long you are connected and how much data you download and upload.

That part is automatic, and if they want to examine your account closley they can see what IP's you visit.

Answer 3

they have there own server so yes they can track every incoming and outgoing packet if they didnt any one could just get in there server and mess with grades change school website any thing! so i suggest getting a static ip address



just google how to hide your ip address and when they try to find out who is lookin at what ever ur lookin at lol they cant find the dorm number

Answer 4

They can, but if it isn't illegal they can't do anything about what sites you go to. And the likelihood that they would go after you versus everyone else on campus is slim. But my advice would be stay off of anything illegal.

Answer 5

They can but often times won't. Even if they who cares? there's so many people using their interenet that i doubt they really care what you're looking at

Answer 6

yes they can watch you so dont eat to many PIES!!!!

Answer 7

they can but they dont they look for what you do on websites.......but there is this think where you can keep them from doing that on the bar where you put the web address bar

Answer 8

well they might but when u're finished click tools on top of ur browser then internet options then erase the history and privacy, passwords... etc!



but if u don't want to go throw all that just use a proxy:

http://www.larmad.net/proxy



enter the website and browse annonymously!

Answer 9

Yes they could. You could use something like tor or a commercial proxy to avoid it.

Answer 10

Yep. but they shouldn't. they really shouldn't.

Answer 11

technically...yes, but they wont. all most universities do is scan their networks to see if any ports are open that shouldn't be. for example limewire and torrent site use a specific port and the school scans to see if any computers on their network have the ports open, meaning someone is using the programs deemed illegal

Answer 12

I work for a ISP and guess what not even we can see what you look at, We can see your usage but not the content. In crime prevention we would monitor how much your downloading and at what time. Unless your Uni has a more advance system than the police and the ISP then I don't think so.



If the scare stores the other people are peddling were true there would be a lot more pedo's behind bars. Unfortunately there is not.



The only application I can Think of is a back-door, The type you IT department uses to fix your computer form another location, For this system to work you would have to trick them into letting you into there computer, Your usual paranoid Internet user is wise to this and will just click no. Evidence collected in this way not be used in court because it;s obtained by deception.



Google has a system now that monitors your type of content to advertise to you and this can be used to see what type of content you are looking at but a simple spywere remover will remove this.



To be honest it's as long as you don't store anything on your computer no one will ever know what you have been looking at. To be extra save use a Proxy server and a windows cleaning program.



I of cause do not advocate anything illegal!

Answer 13

Yes, they will have some sort of monitoring accounting system to report on the amount of usage and who is using it because they bill you for that, because they have to pay their bills as well.



They will also have some sort of monitoring system on where you go and do, but that is usually left to it's own devices unless they get flagged. Like for instance child porn sites for obvious reasons. They would probably be blocked anyway but they would be alerted to the fact that someone is or was trying to access that site.



But general surfing, socialising, emailing you shouldn't have any trouble. However bear in mind if they have something blocked don't try and use a proxy. They will know and also bypassing their systems security you are exposing their system to threats.



Do this and they will very quickly lose their sense of humour and will definitely not be best pleased! You could end up being banned from using their system!

Answer 14

If the university strictly prohibits file-sharing and downloading, especially illegal downloads, then yes, they will look at what sites you go to. If you download any torrents, they WILL come and get you.



The thing is, no matter how you try to get around it, they can and will always see which websites you go to, even if you clear all the history and cookies.



Think of it as this: you are standing in an open field. The university tech guys watch down on you from a helicopter above you. No matter where you go, or if you covered your footprints, they can see where you went.



That's because it is their connection. Not yours.

Answer 15

It depends what router they are using. Most of todays routers, you can't really track ALL of the websites one person may go on, defiantly not if there are 50+ people connected. You pay for the internet? I didn't understand that part.



There are though some special routers companies can buy that will allow them to check what sites a computer went on. This is usually for very big companies that have high standards on rules. I am not sure about universities. I don't think the administrators at the universities have any business in your surfing.

Answer 16

There is software available to do this and it is possible to do, but i don't think that they would be all that bothered. Just think how many people use the university internet connections. The software would only be able to flag up visits to certain sites, otherwise some poor soul would have to trawl through all the data collected and it's unlikely they'd employ someone to do this. So if you're not doing anyhing illegal, this type of software wouldn't pose any threat to what you mentioned.

Answer 17

the short answer is yes, I am a network administrator and we use web tracking software to track usage.

It is not about privacy it is about responsible use of a public access we are bound by law to ensure this.

Those of you who say that privacy is being infringed try bringing a case against an ISP and see how far you get!