Cable Forum - View Single Post - your personal information is being transmitted

Paul · 29-01-2006, 13:55

Kat, I don't want to sound as though I'm ignoring your posts in anyway but believe us when we say that a number of us here have been online for many years and are aware of what information is sent when we request data from sites. Some people on this forum are IT professionals, some work within NTL itself and know exactly what is being sent where and what implications it has.
Steve Gibson makes his money and his name from instilling fear and doubt in peoples minds, he does that by making statements that are based in the truth but which do not contain the whole truth.
If you are concerned about what information is being propogated via your computer then feel free to ask what you can do to stem the flow but believe it or not you are at no risk whatsoever by the information from the reverse DNS lookup as long as you are being careful and are running the necessary tools (firewall, AV, anti-spyware etc).

29-01-2006, 13:55	#12
Paul Google it!! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Essex Age: 34 Services: Sky Digital + 16Mb ADSL BT Telephone Posts: 14,971	Re: your personal information is being transmitted Kat, I don't want to sound as though I'm ignoring your posts in anyway but believe us when we say that a number of us here have been online for many years and are aware of what information is sent when we request data from sites. Some people on this forum are IT professionals, some work within NTL itself and know exactly what is being sent where and what implications it has. Steve Gibson makes his money and his name from instilling fear and doubt in peoples minds, he does that by making statements that are based in the truth but which do not contain the whole truth. If you are concerned about what information is being propogated via your computer then feel free to ask what you can do to stem the flow but believe it or not you are at no risk whatsoever by the information from the reverse DNS lookup as long as you are being careful and are running the necessary tools (firewall, AV, anti-spyware etc). __________________ www.jessie-lou.co.uk Last edited by Paul; 29-01-2006 at 13:57.