Do Cable Companies Fake Data Useage
My cable company website says I have been using around 12 gigabytes/month of data lately for my internet service. This sounds weird as we don't stream movies or download photos. We send maybe 2 -3 e...
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magicbus wrote:DiskDoctr wrote:valhalla360 wrote:
- Do you skype? They use your computer as a node in thier system and will chew thru data if you don't get it turned off when not in use and just closing skype doesn't turn off this feature and it starts up automatically.
Got a link to this info?
If true, it is a theft of services by Skype and a HUGE security risk.
Skype super-node
Dave
And it's not theft of service, when you click the skype agreement box, you are agreeing to let them use your computer as a node in thier system
But they count on the fact that most people don't read thru the contract in detail. And I don't claim to be better. I found out when we started buring thru a ton of data and I tracked it down to skype.
The problem is they make it very difficult to disable the program once installed.
