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Hub security

‎31 Mar 2024 01:42 PM

Just moved to SKY hub/broadband, received a call from SKY to tell me the hub is set to public. Agreed for them to call back-they said 30 minutes. 
Three days later and noooooo callllll

tried online help with no luck.  

now what?

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Re: Hub security

‎31 Mar 2024 02:01 PM

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@Kenny+Fedup  I would agree woth @cookiemonsteruk  this sounds very much like a  potential scam.

 

No ISP would actively call you, and no ISP would tell you your hub needs to be set to public as on Sky hubs there is no such settings.

 

Are you having a specific issue with Sky Broadband?   

Like you I'm a customer here, Sky Employees are clearly identified as such.
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‎31 Mar 2024 01:45 PM

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@Kenny+Fedup 

 

@Kenny+Fedup wrote:

Just moved to SKY hub/broadband, received a call from SKY to tell me the hub is set to public. Agreed for them to call back-they said 30 minutes. 
Three days later and noooooo callllll

tried online help with no luck.  

now what?

Sounds like a scam to me.  Sky doesn't contact customers on such matter or is there any setting to change to private

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@Kenny+Fedup  I would agree woth @cookiemonsteruk  this sounds very much like a  potential scam.

 

No ISP would actively call you, and no ISP would tell you your hub needs to be set to public as on Sky hubs there is no such settings.

 

Are you having a specific issue with Sky Broadband?   

Like you I'm a customer here, Sky Employees are clearly identified as such.
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‎31 Mar 2024 02:02 PM

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@Kenny+Fedup wrote:

received a call from SKY to tell me the hub is set to public. 

I agree with @cookiemonsteruk : 'set to public' doesn't really have any meaning in this context unless the router has manually been configured by the user to have no encryption, and an ISP wouldn't call their customer under those circumstances (they very rarely do at all)

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‎31 Mar 2024 05:19 PM

The hub works fine. I get 'this site not safe' when going onto internet. Even sky.com

 

the caller actually said the router/hub was set to public and needed to be taken off that setting. 

will call sky in the morning

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‎31 Mar 2024 05:56 PM

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@Kenny+Fedup wrote:

 

the caller actually said the router/hub was set to public and needed to be taken off that setting. 

There is no such setting.

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‎31 Mar 2024 05:58 PM

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@Kenny+Fedup 

 

They're getting round to duping you into downloading remote desktop software

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‎31 Mar 2024 05:59 PM

Thank you so much ☺️ 

I think I should report this to Sky in the morning

 

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