Can you imagine trying to talk to your ISPs tech line? Hahahahahaha
‘Excuse me, um, I think someone downloaded some child porn onto my computer. In the folder that says CP. Why yes, it is a password protected folder. I have no idea why someone would hack me like that.”
All it would really take is someone accidentally downloading a computer virus or whatever, which is a very common thing that happens, and then that computer virus runs locally on your computer and your network. Then that virus pulls from lists of illicit or illegal sites and sources, creating internet traffic between your own computer and such sites. It's really not that hard to imagine a way this could happen. It doesn't need VPN access or compromised ISPs or anything.
Very true. That type of connection (sending/tunneling traffic) is basically how a configured VPN works. But I see your perspective, using your computer as a node where your computer downloads everything first and sends it off elsewhere
I mean what difference would it make if the browser itself was hidden in the virus itself? ie HttpClient… make a bunch of connections, do some downloading here and there… suddenly you have someone going “That’s not mine, how did it get there?!”
This could happen in 1 of 3 ways (that I know of)… Either your ISP’s servers are compromised
Someone has your ISP credentials and using ISP hotspots under your account
Or someone installed VPN access onto your physical network and are literally connecting to your network.
I’m sure there’s probably more complex ways, though these three sound to be the most common
.......or.........wait for it..........he's downloading child porn and trying to get ahead of his arrest.
I think too technically 😖😖😖 that’s probably it
Can you imagine trying to talk to your ISPs tech line? Hahahahahaha
‘Excuse me, um, I think someone downloaded some child porn onto my computer. In the folder that says CP. Why yes, it is a password protected folder. I have no idea why someone would hack me like that.”
….and then TWEETING ABOUT IT!”
Did he end up becoming a mole (in the NYTimes) for the white hats right around this time?
He still is a #1 A-hole. Lucky he married a rich, rich woman.
All the packets would arrive at the same exact time though, would they not? Krugman's probably came every day for decades.
BUSTED
All it would really take is someone accidentally downloading a computer virus or whatever, which is a very common thing that happens, and then that computer virus runs locally on your computer and your network. Then that virus pulls from lists of illicit or illegal sites and sources, creating internet traffic between your own computer and such sites. It's really not that hard to imagine a way this could happen. It doesn't need VPN access or compromised ISPs or anything.
Very true. That type of connection (sending/tunneling traffic) is basically how a configured VPN works. But I see your perspective, using your computer as a node where your computer downloads everything first and sends it off elsewhere
I mean what difference would it make if the browser itself was hidden in the virus itself? ie HttpClient… make a bunch of connections, do some downloading here and there… suddenly you have someone going “That’s not mine, how did it get there?!”
sounds like some Chromium in action u/#Fire