FoolsCause said:
Your ISP provider knows if you're viewing porn? I thought deleting cookies, history, internet files and anti-spyware prevents eavesdropping. And I thought they need physical access to your computer if you have a firewall.
Everything that goes through the wire and is not enciphered is visible at every point it passes. Your ISP, every router and gateway, any devices between you and the server plus of course the server can see the transfers. That includes email, web traffic and everything else except things that pass via VPN or SSL.
If you want private communications you have to use PGP GPG or something similar and hope the other endpoint isn't compromised. If you have data you really want to get rid of download 'eraser' (for Win32 systems) and use it.
On having an open WiFi access point; mine is open, but it's not on my personal LAN, I have to VPN in to get inside via WiFi. Having the access point open has proved to be a defense in at least one copyright infringement case, but I wouldn't count on it if 'they' find a bunch of stuff on your PC.
TheNewGuy said:
Haha, I'm an international award winning embedded systems programmer.
I didn't know anyone gave awards for this.