Thread: Network-Parents can watch meh

So were all on a network, and I am afraid that when my dad gets back from Afghanistan, he will have learned something new about networks, and be able to watch what I do on my computer.
How can I stop this without unplugging my Internet?
Or is it time for




new Internet connection for me lol.
(I would rather stay on my own Internet though ^^ \

If you use a secure VPN, your connection will be encrypted, thus your parents can't see what you're doing, though they can see that you're doing something.

I suggest you learn how your router works before he does. There's not really much else you can do.

Well, there are programs you can get to be able to control computer on your network right.
(We works at a buisness that dose this)

Yes, this kind of software is usually on a router. My own router can log internet activity for specific IPs for example. Setting up some kind of program on a computer, is a little bit more complicated, however not impossible. This is called network-sniffing. If the host-computer has administrator status on the network, there's not much you can do really, except encrypt your connection.

Encrypt my own seperate connection?
I use a network snifer, Wireshark.
And would they know that its encrypted?

Yes, encryption means that all the data they sniff from your connection, will be a big jumble of code, that they can only understand if they have the decryption key, a key which only you and the receiver have. The best way to go about encrypting your connection, is setting up a VPN connection.

Still, I doubt your parents will log your internet activity, that sounds extreme. Do you have some trust issues?