March 31, 2009
What is email whitelisting and blacklisting?
Email whitelisting and blacklisting is a method used to filter your email. If you don't want email from a certain email address, then you add that email address to your blacklist. If you are positive you want all email from a certain email address, then you can add that address to your whitelist and all email sent from that address will bypass your email filters.
An advertising technique companies have become fond of using is SPAM. Spamming is the abuse of email to send unsolicited and undesired bulk messages. These messages are most often sent via email.
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If I let my neighbor share my WiFi can they see my network traffic?
If I let my neighbor share my WiFi, can they see my network traffic? The short answer is `maybe'. It all depends on how you have set up your network and what kind of protection you are using. If you have not taken precautions, more people than just your neighbor could be monitoring your traffic.
The term `WiFi' is a contraction of "wireless fidelity" and is commonly used to refer to wireless networking technology. There are many ways you can set up a wireless network and all of them will have a hub and/or switch and/or router. The key differences between these devices will determine whether others can see your traffic.
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