We had a mother and son visitor over the weekend, and the boy brought his new tablet, or I-pod thingy with him. At the end of his stay (two days), my Verizon stats showed that I was up 75% of my usage ( I have limited broadband where I'm allowed only 5 gigs a month). If I run over my gig usage, there's a hefty fee installed.
On the last day of the boys' visit, I got a warning bar on my screen that notified me that another person was using my IP address. Sure enough, I caught the boy and his mother downloading music and YouTube videos, apparently having done this for the last two days, which used up massive amounts of data-streaming material. I didn't suspect anything, but noticed my computer was running really slow. I asked them if they had internet, to which they stated "no." I removed the battery from Wi-Fi device, and sure enough, I cut the internet off their tablet.
Now, to use my signal, would the boy or woman have to have copied down my password code on the back of my Wi-Fi device and imputed it into their system? Mine is a personal Verizon internet account, and I'm wondering if they just randomly picked up my signal. However, the mother had asked to use my computer several times during their stay here, and I was not in the room to see what they were doing.
Would this have to have been a deliberate intrusion of them to run off my internet signal by tapping into my security code? Or was his device already internet ready and he accidentally picked up my signal? It really pisses me off that someone would do this to me on purpose.
I need evidence that this happened to me so I have something to tell Version if there is a dispute regarding my over-usage.
Would appreciate your help on this!
Tri
On the last day of the boys' visit, I got a warning bar on my screen that notified me that another person was using my IP address. Sure enough, I caught the boy and his mother downloading music and YouTube videos, apparently having done this for the last two days, which used up massive amounts of data-streaming material. I didn't suspect anything, but noticed my computer was running really slow. I asked them if they had internet, to which they stated "no." I removed the battery from Wi-Fi device, and sure enough, I cut the internet off their tablet.
Now, to use my signal, would the boy or woman have to have copied down my password code on the back of my Wi-Fi device and imputed it into their system? Mine is a personal Verizon internet account, and I'm wondering if they just randomly picked up my signal. However, the mother had asked to use my computer several times during their stay here, and I was not in the room to see what they were doing.
Would this have to have been a deliberate intrusion of them to run off my internet signal by tapping into my security code? Or was his device already internet ready and he accidentally picked up my signal? It really pisses me off that someone would do this to me on purpose.
I need evidence that this happened to me so I have something to tell Version if there is a dispute regarding my over-usage.
Would appreciate your help on this!
Tri