Was in Reddit chat one to one yesterday and also another site but not sure if I can name it without getting banned. Anyway my phone has been disconnecting and I am not being able to sign into WiFi. Keep gettting error message saying ’ Connected to device, cannot provide internet’. It most likely is not a hacker or someone trying to get my IP address but just wondered how easy it was?

  • AnApexBreadB
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    1 year ago

    Can they? Theoretically is possible. In all likelihood however it’s not feasible.

    The biggest concern you should have if you aren’t port forwarding is a router exploit. If your router is past end of life then the manufacturer may not be providing any more security updates for it and that could leave it vulnerable.

    TP-Link a few years ago refused to patch some older routers that had an exploit because they were 10 years old. So, it happens.

    Google your router name/model number and exploits to see if anything exists for it. If not then you’re fine.