A REDDITOR’S access to the internet has nearly been cut off by their provider over their husband’s search history.
It serves as a lesson to those using torrents, which are sites used to access illegal content.
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The Reddit user began working from home at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, and now has a permanently remote job.
So, the WiFi is essentially their “lifeblood”, according to the post.
“Suffice to say getting my WiFi cut off would be disastrous and wildly inconvenient,” they wrote, under the username u/vpncaughtwifi.
And it was a distant concept until they received a letter in the post from their WiFi provider, warning against accessing torrent sites for porn.
The letter stated that if visits to the site continued, that they would cancel the service.
“I’m not mad he was downloading porn, I’m mad he did it on our WiFi without at least a VPN,” they wrote.
The user “didn’t make a fuss” and instead, just changed their WiFi password.
“When my husband got home I handed him the letter and calmly told him that I changed the WiFi password and I’d give it to him when he learned how to use a VPN and or to keep his torrents from seeding back,” they continued.
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But their husband wasn’t happy and refused ‘spend money’ on a VPN, also known as a Virtual Private Network.
“He doesn’t want to pay for a VPN service. He can’t play his games or anything but I’m not willing to risk lowering my job performance by losing my WiFi, so until I see he’s got a VPN, no WiFi password,” they wrote.
“My best friend thinks the situation is quite amusing but my husband is obviously pissed.”
Fellow Redditors in the comments were keen to point out that there are many safe VPNs which are free.
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