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md3079963
New Contributor
3 days ago

Browser information leaked to people in my neighborhood

Someone in my neighborhood is clearly viewing my online presence. How do I protect myself from a rogue Cox cable employee? Can you tell if someone at your company has been viewing where I go online? Would a law be broken if a Cox cable employee gave my browser history to people in my neighborhood? I am now using A VPN. It does not work on everything. How much does A VPN protect me from a Cox cable employee? The people doing this are EXTREMELY dumb. They will not be hard to catch. I do not know how much they can manipulate my online stream. Mostly all I have seen them do is screw me over with deals on Craigslist. Other things they may have done are extremely speculative since I do not know their capabilities. If you need me to testify in court I will but mostly I just want the stupidity to end.

  • JulianN's avatar
    JulianN
    Moderator
    3 days ago

    Hello, we would be happy to assist with any questions or concerns you might have. Please email us your “full” name, “complete” address, and a copy of your post to Cox.Help@cox.com if further assistance is needed. Thank you! 

  • WiderMouthOpen's avatar
    WiderMouthOpen
    Esteemed Contributor
    3 days ago

    What is actually happening? What makes you think this? What is your data? What do you mean "manipulate your stream"? How did they "screw you" on Craigslist's deals? Seems like a very silly thing to do if they had access to everything you did online. I don't know of anyway someone see what you are doing online without some kind of malware on your system. Maybe what websites you go to but no one can easily see what you are doing on those sites, employee or not and as someone who once was a employee, I have never seen a system like that in use.

    Also, first you say it's someone in your neighborhood then you say it's a employee? Can you explain? I think you may be misunderstanding what is actually going on.

    • md3079963's avatar
      md3079963
      New Contributor
      3 days ago

      i have lived here 55 years. my neighbors want me gone. i have nothing to steal at least not much. it is harrassment. again i don't know what someone can do. i just have some unexplained behavior a lot of it

      • WiderMouthOpen's avatar
        WiderMouthOpen
        Esteemed Contributor
        3 days ago

        So something weird is happening and the first thing that comes to your mind is that someone in your neighborhood hacked your internet? Can you describe some of what you experienced. If not, I don't see how anyone here can help you. Why did you post here? What were you looking for?

  • md3079963's avatar
    md3079963
    New Contributor
    2 days ago

    This was surprisingly helpful. How would you get a virus on my computer that someone in the neighborhood had access to? I don't click random e-mail and I don't surf the dark web. But even if I did go on the dark web how would you target me?  This would have to be very cheap because you do not plan to make a lot of money off of this. Between the cost and the direct targeting I assume it was a sloppy Cox cable employee maybe retired. BUT IT IS POSSIBLE someone broke into my house and put the virus on my computer. If they got caught they didn't steal anything. And we have people in the country now that would do this type of thing. It seems reasonable THANK FOR THE HELP!!!!

    • WiderMouthOpen's avatar
      WiderMouthOpen
      Esteemed Contributor
      2 days ago

      I didn't mean to insinuate you have malware. I don't know what is wrong because you haven't described what you are experiencing. It's like going to the doctors and saying you don't feel well but are unwilling or unable to describe your symptoms. All the doctor is going to do is suggest generic things like drink more water and sleep more. I asked a lot of specific questions and you didn't answer any of them. So again, if you want help, describe what is going on in detail. What do you see on your screen that makes you think something is wrong?