Can my parents see what I'm on, On my Ipad through WiFi?

Corn Flake

What If I delete My history, Can they still see through WiFi?

Cuddlesworth

We can all see through wi-fi. Its not on the visible spectrum.

Stky10

Corn Flake wrote: »

What If I delete My history, Can they still see through WiFi?

Yes. Relatively easily.

Corn Flake

Any thing like a blocker I can use?

Teclo

Teenage angst takes new forms.

Stky10

Corn Flake wrote: »

Any thing like a blocker I can use?

You could use the likes of Tor, but it wouldnt be much good for file downloading, just browsing.

eyesquirm

Corn Flake, this is your dad.
Get off the porn sites now.!!!!

coylemj

While you're active, it's possible to spy on you on an open (unencrypted) Wi-Fi network so the advice is to always use the format 'https://xxx.xxx.xxx' websites when entering sensitive personal data like your credit card number, or accessing your bank a/c on an open Wi-Fi network, the 's' following 'http' ensures that all the traffic is encrypted. This would apply when you're in places like coffee shops and libraries where there is free and open Wi-Fi.

Is your home Wi-Fi encrypted with WEP or WPA encryption? If it is then you're probably ok, I don't think the available spy programs can handle encryption.

Stky10

coylemj wrote: »

Is your home Wi-Fi encrypted with WEP or WPA encryption? If it is then you're probably ok, I don't think the available spy programs can handle encryption.

I think the likes of aircrack-ng can, but your average parent would never have heard of it, never mind know how to use it. There are alternatives in that case too like a MITM attack or ARP poisoning or DNS spoofing etc. Again though, not tools that a parent is going to consider unless they're a network freak.

ciara1052

How do you know what type your wifi is? Like for UPC or eircom? Where do you find out if it's wpa ect.

MarkR

While technically possible, it is very unlikely. Unless your dad is a secret agent and your mom was a super elite hacker working for the russians before glasnost.

Don't let them install any software on your pad. Or be suspicious of it anyway.

bonzodog2

The wireless router you connect to may keep logs of which domains are visited by which of the coonected clients.

Example from the Netgear here:

[ALLOW: www.boards.ie] Source: 192.168.1.2 Wednesday, 07 Dec 2011 23:05:14
[ALLOW: www.boards.ie] Source: 192.168.1.2 Wednesday, 07 Dec 2011 23:05:15
[ALLOW: safebrowsing.clients.google.com] Source: 192.168.1.8 Wednesday, 07 Dec 2011 23:05:16
[ALLOW: safebrowsing-cache.google.com] Source: 192.168.1.8 Wednesday, 07 Dec 2011 23:05:16
[ALLOW: www.google-analytics.com] Source: 192.168.1.2 Wednesday, 07 Dec 2011 23:05:16
[ALLOW: b.scorecardresearch.com] Source: 192.168.1.2 Wednesday, 07 Dec 2011 23:05:16
[ALLOW: www.boards.ie] Source: 192.168.1.2 Wednesday, 07 Dec 2011 23:05:16
[ALLOW: ie-stat.bmmetrix.com] Source: 192.168.1.2 Wednesday, 07 Dec 2011 23:05:16
[ALLOW: b.scorecardresearch.com] Source: 192.168.1.2 Wednesday, 07 Dec 2011 23:05:16
[ALLOW: ie-stat.bmmetrix.com] Source: 192.168.1.2 Wednesday, 07 Dec 2011 23:05:16
[ALLOW: safebrowsing-cache.google.com] Source: 192.168.1.8 Wednesday, 07 Dec 2011 23:05:16
[ALLOW: www.boards.ie] Source: 192.168.1.2 Wednesday, 07 Dec 2011 23:05:16
[ALLOW: safebrowsing-cache.google.com] Source: 192.168.1.8 Wednesday, 07 Dec 2011 23:05:17
[ALLOW: www.boards.ie] Source: 192.168.1.2 Wednesday, 07 Dec 2011 23:05:18
[ALLOW: www.boards.ie] Source: 192.168.1.2 Wednesday, 07 Dec 2011 23:05:25
[ALLOW: www.boards.ie] Source: 192.168.1.2 Wednesday, 07 Dec 2011 23:05:26
[ALLOW: www.boards.ie] Source: 192.168.1.2 Wednesday, 07 Dec 2011 23:05:28
[ALLOW: www.boards.ie] Source: 192.168.1.2 Wednesday, 07 Dec 2011 23:05:35
[ALLOW: www.boards.ie] Source: 192.168.1.2 Wednesday, 07 Dec 2011 23:05:36
[ALLOW: www.boards.ie] Source: 192.168.1.2 Wednesday, 07 Dec 2011 23:05:38


They probably wont log the entire URL visited though

daveyid89

If your parents are very techie then maybe. But the liklihood is that no, no they aren't spying on you.

Corn Flake

So My parents aren't that 'Computer smart' So I'm good. Even If they did spy on me would deleting the history help much?

coylemj

Corn Flake wrote: »

So My parents aren't that 'Computer smart' So I'm good. Even If they did spy on me would deleting the history help much?

As a matter of general housekeping (rather than paranoia), the Ccleaner utility will clean up cache files, cookies and history. Use the free version....

http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download

bonzodog2

coylemj wrote: »

As a matter of general housekeping (rather than paranoia), the Ccleaner utility will clean up cache files, cookies and history. Use the free version....

http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download

The OP is asking about an iPad

Cuddlesworth

http://osxdaily.com/2011/10/21/private-browsing-ipad-iphone-safari/

Shzm

coylemj wrote: »

While you're active, it's possible to spy on you on an open (unencrypted) Wi-Fi network so the advice is to always use the format 'https://xxx.xxx.xxx' websites when entering sensitive personal data like your credit card number, or accessing your bank a/c on an open Wi-Fi network, the 's' following 'http' ensures that all the traffic is encrypted. This would apply when you're in places like coffee shops and libraries where there is free and open Wi-Fi.

Is your home Wi-Fi encrypted with WEP or WPA encryption? If it is then you're probably ok, I don't think the available spy programs can handle encryption.

Well you probably got part of the URL he's on right

thenightrider

If you send me your ipad i can sort it out that they are not looking at what you have being looking at. Just delete your history after you have been on the porn site's. Im sure you will be ok

yoyo

I suppose your parents could be monitoring your internet useage using something like Norton or OpenDNS family settings, having said that you say your parents arn't very computer literate so this is unlikely!

Nick

msg11

If they had WireShark it would be showing all the sites your using, just set the capture to HTTP.

Overheal

Just use tissue dear. Socks make a mess for mammy.