Seeker

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  1. On 1/22/2024 at 1:24 AM, Jonathan H. B. Lobl said:

     

    I use Google Chrome. 

    That's usful, but not what I was asking.  The DNS is used behind the scenes to translate the alphabtic address (eg ulc.net) into an IP address (eg 173.231.213.56) which is needed to tell the network where to find the site. It's the internet equivalent of a phone book. There are many DNS providers, who should give the same result.  Some will also track what you are visiting, some use plain text, some allow encryption.

     

    Since you use Chrome, you are probably going via Google, or one set by your service provider.

     

    It looks like you have found the problem  without getting into that (more info at https://www.steves-internet-guide.com/dns-guide-beginners/), but it is worth checking at some point  if you are at all concerned about security.

     

  2. I've done some pretty stupid things myself on occasion, and I'm allegedly much smarter than your average bear. I don 't think humans are a particularly smart species.

     

    The example you give seems to match a pattern which I think may be increasing, though.  I see a growing tendancy for people to look for external causes and solutions to their problems rather than do ing something themselves. Not having a key fails to even trigger  "why not?" or "how can I get one?", the default behaviour is "make enough fuss and 'someone' will fix it".