ZacharyZstorm Posted May 20, 2021 ID:1458141 Share Posted May 20, 2021 I encountered this problem last night. I was trying to paste something from the clipboard but then I saw this weird string of texts "geo:0,0?q=Skyworth%20CM5100". I was worried that maybe someone is spying on me or some things. It contains the model of my wireless modem and from soe searches, it seems that it a concerned with coordinates and locations. I wish someone can help me with this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbam_mtbr Posted May 20, 2021 ID:1458191 Share Posted May 20, 2021 Hi @ZacharyZstorm, Do you know what you copied? Doubtful spyware would be collecting data using clipboard. Nathan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZacharyZstorm Posted May 20, 2021 Author ID:1458194 Share Posted May 20, 2021 I actually haven't remembered copying it, it just suddenly appeared on the top of the keyboard, where the copied texts are found Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZacharyZstorm Posted May 20, 2021 Author ID:1458204 Share Posted May 20, 2021 I just want to make sure if there are no "hidden" stuff within my system Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David H. Lipman Posted May 20, 2021 ID:1458211 Share Posted May 20, 2021 We discussed this. To elaborate... Its very possible that the system communicates with your Modem+Router and uses the clipboard just like some programs use Environmental variables. Let's look at the string... geo:0,0?q=Skyworth%20CM5100 The Make and Model is evident but it also shows GEO and 0,0. One may presume that 0,0 is the Latitude and Longitude and is passed by the variable 'q' set to Router Make and Model in association with GeoIP. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZacharyZstorm Posted May 20, 2021 Author ID:1458273 Share Posted May 20, 2021 Oooh ok ok thank you again. Sorry for the bother Maube I'm just being super paranoid Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David H. Lipman Posted May 20, 2021 ID:1458275 Share Posted May 20, 2021 (edited) Paranoid - Just another word for having Situational Awareness. Edited May 21, 2021 by David H. Lipman Edited for content, clarity, spelling and grammar 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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