Can my roomate see my internet activity?
June 20th, 2009 | by The Banker |
blondemafia00 asked:
I just moved into an new apartment, with a new roomate I barely know and we recently got a wireless network. The router is set up to her computer and I am logged onto her network. It is a LAN network and a D link router.
I just moved into an new apartment, with a new roomate I barely know and we recently got a wireless network. The router is set up to her computer and I am logged onto her network. It is a LAN network and a D link router.
I was just wondering if she can view my internet activity and see my information, such as bank website log ins and stuff like that? Thanks!
8 Responses to “Can my roomate see my internet activity?”
By Ashley :) on Jun 24, 2009 | Reply
probally not and you can just lock your stuff to make sure she cant.
By jhann96 on Jun 27, 2009 | Reply
She can tell you are using your PC, but not what you are doing from her pc.
By Madblaster6 on Jun 28, 2009 | Reply
yes, but it’s very hard to do something like that. I mean very. So I doubt she/he is.
By Pappy on Jun 29, 2009 | Reply
Make sure you have file sharing turned off.
By andy2210 on Jul 2, 2009 | Reply
Have no fear! Everything sent from secure websites like banks and stuff is encrypted. The encryption technology is really strong, it would take the NSA to ***** it! As far as personal stuff, no way anyone will ever know other than your browser history.
By Kabuki on Jul 2, 2009 | Reply
If she is nosey enough and has the proper software, yes. If the wireless is not secure then anyone with proper software and close by can too.
By Liz on Jul 3, 2009 | Reply
The short answer is no, but the long answer is yes.
Your bank login will be fine, UNLESS she has some crafty software, and a keystroke logger. Bank logins are encrypted as are all of the transactions taking place inside the site. It isn’t impossible, but it takes hours and hours of dedicated computer time to get even a hint of things.
Now, any idiot can follow you right in to your Facebook account using a method called “sidejacking”. Any transaction that are NOT encrypted, are an open book on a wireless network. Not the case on a wired connection. You can use SSL to defeat sidejacking, if you think it needs defeating.
As far as her seeing things ON your computer… Mostly no, unless they are in shared folders, but again it isn’t impossible, just very time consuming.
My guess is you don;t have anything to worry about, but if you do… well, she already read this post didn’t she?
By johnny2766 on Jul 6, 2009 | Reply
A wireless connection simply means that you will both be able to see who is on the internet connection. Yes, it is possible to hack into you computer via this connection but so is it possible from any connection. Best thing to do is simply get a good anti-malware or anti-virus programs such as Norton. i would not worry too much about this however ZoneAlarm is a software that includes anti-virus, anti-malware, anti-spyware and will tell you if anyone is browsing through your files.
having an antivirus program is always smart
hope this helped!