Can a WiFi Owner See Your Internet History on Shared Networks?

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Feel like someone is monitoring your internet history? The best way to avoid this is by using a #VPN to mask your IP address and encrypt all the data between your device and a VPN server run by a VPN service like #ProtonVPN.

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00:00I just got fired from my job for spending four straight days streaming three seasons

00:04of The Office on YouTube, each episode in 12 six-minute increments, with ads, and I've

00:09seen it before.

00:10Dan from IT and Erica from HR were equally unimpressed and they terminated my contract

00:13effective immediately.

00:14Am I ashamed of what I've done?

00:16No, not at all.

00:17Could I have gotten away with it by using a VPN?

00:19Absolutely.

00:20Anyone with direct router access on your wifi network can see your whole internet history,

00:24how long you spent on a site and when you connect, even if you thought you were being

00:27clever by using incognito mode.

00:29But it was a really good effort.

00:30A lot of search engines use HTTPS.

00:33So while a wifi owner could see that you went to Google, they couldn't see exactly what

00:36you searched for.

00:37That is, until you click on the search result.

00:39Then boom.

00:40You're compromised.

00:41What do you mean you've been compromised?

00:44Keep your privacy with ProtonVPN, it'll encrypt all the data sent from your laptop to your

00:48VPN server, bypassing your router so your browsing history and internet usage will stay private.

00:53Alright then, keep your secrets.

00:55Keep your privacy with ProtonVPN, it'll encrypt all the data sent from your laptop,

00:59to your VPN server, bypassing your router so your browsing history and internet usage

01:04will stay private.

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