A man from Telstra rings me, with worrying news - my IP address "is in public mode". He gets me to check "what is my ip address .com" which contains scary language about my "public" IP address.
I wasted 15 minutes of this chap's time (I'm with Aussie Broadband and Vodafone), and he was most keen to "fix" my computer, but I got bored with talking to him.
Imagine if you're a pensioner with only a vague grasp of the internet - what a minefield.
James Cridland /
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2024-08-07 05:56:02
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2024-08-07 05:56:02Event JSON
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