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    Default Does HotSpot Shield, etc protect you from hotels/public internet seeing your feed?

    Hey there,

    So I am going to want to probably cam from a hotel this week, there is one I am planning on staying at that I know has good high speed internet, because I have cammed from there before using hotspot shield (yes, on SM, and I used to cam using that service all the time at home too, so I was able to stream and SM let me even tho I was using a proxy). But I am a little bit paranoid of using it on public wifi or whatever and I am wondering if I am using the Hotspot Shield, if the hotel staff or whoever will still be able to see that I am on Streamate and see my stream?

    Or can anybody reccomend a good proxy or whatever that I can use so that nobody will be able to access the websites I visit? I travel and am going to be travelling kind of a lot these next few months. I want to start camming again a little on the side but don't want hackers and random people knowing what I'm doing!

    Thank you! xxxx PS-sorry if this isn't supposed to be in camming connection!

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    Default Re: Does HotSpot Shield, etc protect you from hotels/public internet seeing your feed

    I don't think it would. Because they have a list of all the sites that have used their internet. However, I don't think they would care. I've streamed from hotels before with marleysade. However, we did get a rando calling our hotel room and not saying anything, which was creepy.

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    Default Re: Does HotSpot Shield, etc protect you from hotels/public internet seeing your feed

    Quote Originally Posted by SweetPinkCupcake View Post
    Hey there,

    So I am going to want to probably cam from a hotel this week, there is one I am planning on staying at that I know has good high speed internet, because I have cammed from there before using hotspot shield (yes, on SM, and I used to cam using that service all the time at home too, so I was able to stream and SM let me even tho I was using a proxy). But I am a little bit paranoid of using it on public wifi or whatever and I am wondering if I am using the Hotspot Shield, if the hotel staff or whoever will still be able to see that I am on Streamate and see my stream?

    Or can anybody reccomend a good proxy or whatever that I can use so that nobody will be able to access the websites I visit? I travel and am going to be travelling kind of a lot these next few months. I want to start camming again a little on the side but don't want hackers and random people knowing what I'm doing!

    Thank you! xxxx PS-sorry if this isn't supposed to be in camming connection!
    Great! Really want to know this too!

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    Default Re: Does HotSpot Shield, etc protect you from hotels/public internet seeing your feed

    Nope, it will not stop the network you are on from knowing what site you're on. However, I think you're severely overestimating hotel IT departments. They probably don't even have one, let alone one with a dedicated guy to check what sites people are on. The only thing I could possibly imagine them doing is having a network filter, but that would kill their business as travelers love to wank.

    When you connect to public wifi the risk is more with other people connected to that network. Depending on how it's set up, they could access your computer. Most of this has to do with the settings on your computer though. Generally when you connect to a new wi-fi you get to choose home, work, public. If it's a public wifi, always choose public! By default this has file sharing turned off.

    From what I gather though, you're looking for a program (VPN or Proxy) that will prevent other people on the network from seeing what you're doing. This doesn't really exist as such BUT it's also unnecessary.
    A firewall and proper network visibility settings will keep the casual creepers at bay, people running public wifi (hotels, mcds, etc...) don't give two shits what you do on their connection, and a proxy won't save you from anyone more advanced as that would be hacking and not just casually browsing because it's open.

    Just my two cents.

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