Re: Free to air satellite.

mike/lisa/claire wrote:
Sorry, this is a very paranoid question brought on by a comment made by someone.
Is it possible for authorities, government, ( them, they , other people via the internet or some other public data base) to know who had a free to air satellite and also be able to track exactly what channels they are viewing ( and when) on a free to air satellite?

I don't think so. It's possible the box has a memory of what channels you've watched recently, but I don't see how it could be detected remotely.

Of course, if "they" put a "detector van" outside the house they'll be able to see everything on your TV and (CRT) computer screens anyway.

Sounds a bit big brother ish but give these are the days of sat nav pin and pin pointing of cars on the road via mobile phones and tracking of consumer buying habits in supermarkets via loyalty cards etc. I am just wondering?
The same goes for the internet. Is it possible for the viewing life of a person just using the internet on a home computer to be tracked this way?

Yes. Your ISP will be logging what you do, in case you do something very naughty.

A lot of websites will be tracking where you came to them from, and your progress through their site, and check Google's web history features if you are paranoid.

Owain




.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: XA1541 Wanted
    ... only be shipped via a method that provides internet tracking of the ... DHL or FedEx to get a tracking number and know my order isn't ... PayPal if the customer pays for UPS Ground or DHL with an international ...
    (comp.sys.cbm)
  • Re: Tracking meeting responses for updated appointments
    ... TNEF data contains the tracking response data. ... Does an antivirus application scan internet email? ... Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] ... responses are appearing on the tracking tab - even ...
    (microsoft.public.outlook.calendaring)
  • Re: Cant insert pictures in a publication
    ... It is the HP registry fix in the second column, not the tracking fix. ... If you are inserting from the Internet, clear your cache, see if that helps. ... The HP registry fix should help if this just started happening after the Windows ... Now it locks up on me. ...
    (microsoft.public.publisher)
  • RE: Someone is tracking me
    ... someone is tracking my every move ... when i am logged on to the internet... ... really is diconcerting ... Thanking you in advance ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin)
  • TV load question.
    ... Someone decided to have TV channels delivered to people on campus ... through the internet to be viewed on computer screens. ... In Windows this seems to be pretty automatic. ...
    (Fedora)