I've got so used to my "Think Broadband" activity monitor occupying the
top right hand corner of my old pc screen, realtime monitoring uploads
and downloads, that I find I dare not use the phone for other than a
couple of simple trusted sites.
Over the years TB has logged and highlighted something like 800
presumably bad actor intrusion IPs, that I transfered into the firewall. Seemingly nothing comparible for a phone.
N_Cook, 2025-12-03 15:33:
I've got so used to my "Think Broadband" activity monitor occupying the
top right hand corner of my old pc screen, realtime monitoring uploads
and downloads, that I find I dare not use the phone for other than a
couple of simple trusted sites.
Over the years TB has logged and highlighted something like 800
presumably bad actor intrusion IPs, that I transfered into the firewall.
Seemingly nothing comparible for a phone.
How to you define a "bad actor intrusion IP"? A working firewall will
not allow *any* incoming connection at all unless this is granted on
purpose.
On 03/12/2025 15:04, Arno Welzel wrote:
N_Cook, 2025-12-03 15:33:
I've got so used to my "Think Broadband" activity monitor occupying the
top right hand corner of my old pc screen, realtime monitoring uploads
and downloads, that I find I dare not use the phone for other than a
couple of simple trusted sites.
Over the years TB has logged and highlighted something like 800
presumably bad actor intrusion IPs, that I transfered into the firewall. >>> Seemingly nothing comparible for a phone.
How to you define a "bad actor intrusion IP"? A working firewall will
not allow *any* incoming connection at all unless this is granted on
purpose.
Anything that is irrelevant to my current upfront activity, and putting
such intrusive IPs in the firewall makes no difference to my surfing.
I've not specifically agreed to their intrussion , so in my terms should
not be there , inserted adverts,pop-ups sniffing or whatever.
N_Cook, 2025-12-03 17:23:
On 03/12/2025 15:04, Arno Welzel wrote:
N_Cook, 2025-12-03 15:33:
I've got so used to my "Think Broadband" activity monitor occupying the >>>> top right hand corner of my old pc screen, realtime monitoring uploads >>>> and downloads, that I find I dare not use the phone for other than a
couple of simple trusted sites.
Over the years TB has logged and highlighted something like 800
presumably bad actor intrusion IPs, that I transfered into the firewall. >>>> Seemingly nothing comparible for a phone.
How to you define a "bad actor intrusion IP"? A working firewall will
not allow *any* incoming connection at all unless this is granted on
purpose.
Anything that is irrelevant to my current upfront activity, and putting
such intrusive IPs in the firewall makes no difference to my surfing.
I've not specifically agreed to their intrussion , so in my terms should
not be there , inserted adverts,pop-ups sniffing or whatever.
Please define "intrussion" (I assume that was a typo for "intrusion").
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