Hi All,
I understand the importance of having a VPN, because lots of people in my country were getting warnings about their ‘streaming’ or ‘downloading’ habits. I’ve heard from a friend that if you log into a uni or work email/service and not log out (kept signed in), they can track your browser searches. I was wondering if this is true? I noticed that when I was using a VPN, I was still signed into my uni email and I may have been looking at some unsavoury things. I was also able to access certain material online because I was still signed into the university.
How likely am I going to get an email from IT?
it all comes down to which internet connection you’re using. using your own, even if logged in to the uni email, doesn’t mean they can see your activity. if you were on the uni network however, it’s possible to get spied on, and represents a valid use case for a vpn.
I overheard a guy in my class saying that he torrented on uni wifi, and got an email from IT. So if you were on university wifi that could pose an issue however if you weren’t I don’t think they could track you. That said people at my old uni streamed tv shows in certain websites all the time but never got an email from IT. Even then, if you were just looking at porn that’s generally not illegal unless it’s cheese pizza or whatever so on the off chance someone was looking at your history there’s not much they can do.