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Old 06-25-2018, 05:21 PM   #1
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Is My Internet Activity Monitored ?


Is there any way to know if my internet activity is being monitored? Such as which website I am visiting ? If so then is it possible to check it from my Linux shell?

Actually my landlord provides me my internet connection. So I am not feeling comfortable if he is monitoring my activity or not ?

Any idea ?
 
Old 06-25-2018, 05:29 PM   #2
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Is there any way to know if my internet activity is being monitored? Such as which website I am visiting ?
possibly; you should ask your ISP what they log.
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If so then is it possible to check it from my Linux shell?
no.


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Actually my landlord provides me my internet connection. So I am not feeling comfortable if he is monitoring my activity or not ?
does he have an interest doing so? does he gain anything from putting in the effort?
 
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Old 06-25-2018, 06:02 PM   #3
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The web log entries in your other posts are examples of what gets logged on the web servers you visit...so each site you visit knows you were there and what pages you looked at...although it's not "you", but your IP address that gets logged.

Is anyone "monitoring" that? Probably not at the destination servers, anyway.

Your browser history could provide some information about what you've looked at, but that's easy to clear out. I do it every time I shut the browser down (it's a setting)

Otherwise, I have nothing to add to what ondoho already said.

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Old 06-25-2018, 06:57 PM   #4
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I tend to say you have no reasonable expectation of privacy on the internet no matter how you get it.

There may be some VPN service that could provide a degree of shelter from your landlord.
 
Old 06-25-2018, 08:34 PM   #5
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His network, his rules.
 
Old 06-25-2018, 08:40 PM   #6
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Is you activity monitored. Well, it's logged by everyone in bits and pieces.

If you use social media, it is undoubted monitored, packaged, and maybe sold by outfits such as Facebook etc.

Is your landlord monitoring your activity? That is highly unlikely unless he is a 1) more technically adept than most and 2) has a beef with you.

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