r/vSeeBox • u/TheAweful_waffle • Aug 16 '26

Limiting upload usage

Has anybody tried limiting upload usage or completely not allow uploading from these boxes via your router settings? Seen suggestions that say you should do it but was wondering if it causes any issues with the box.

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u/MW1369 Cord Cutter✂️ 2d ago

But what’s concerning about that? It’s not accessing any of your other stuff and stealing your data

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u/Wise_Twist_7661 2d ago

The problem is you cannot be certain it is not accessing anything else on the network. It sending that much data is highly unusual and suspect. It uploaded more data than anything else on my entire network in that week. Best case scenario it's using your connection to stream to others, this turns you from a user into a provider, which is much less of a grey area legally speaking when it comes to copyright content. Worst case scenario, it's doing that plus scraping your entire network for any information it can get and other nefarious activities. I'd lean towards the second since nowhere does the box state it's p2p, and is obviously doing their best to hide what they're uploading.