Nothing big, just a fear of embarrassment. I use my mom\'s (she pays for it) int

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Nothing big, just a fear of embarrassment. I use my mom's (she pays for it) internet service to connect online and stuff. The thing is, I am nervous that she may possibly ask the ISP for some traffic analysis of where, like, I've been surfing to and worried that she might find out I often visit, uh, ...... dirty sites. I know it's nothing of a serious problem aside from major embarrassment to worry about, but I know it's going to be MAJOR embarrassment because she would find out about my ... kinks and preferences in that department.

So my basic question can worded down to: If requested, will an ISP give all info about where people have been on their infrastructure, and is there any chance they'd be likely to do this without being asked?

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Many ISP's log DNS requests, so could have a record of what sites you have browsed to. This is mostly for law enforcement requirements, not generally for giving back to customers, as they should be expected to do their own logging if they want it.

That said - if you are concerned, have you checked to see if your mother is logging all DNS requests? Your router might keep logs.

More importantly, if you are going to be embarrassed about where you go online, do what Lighty suggests and protect yourself. Otherwise, I suppose you could do worse than just be prepared to have an interesting conversation with your mother :-)

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