Hi Arthur, no I'm not worried about anyone seeing my I'net activities, you wouldn't be reading any comments from me if I was that paranoid. After Steemworld had it's update, it came back for about 20 minutes and then shut down permanently. I asked a few others if that was the same for them, and when they answered they were not having any issues, it dawned on me that my IP might be blocked. To test that theory I made a TAILS DVD and was able to access Steemworld as per normal.

Since I don't really have a need for TAILS or TOR at this time, rather than installing TOR or TAILS, I'm using Steemworld's html file instead. This has worked fine so far.

(When needed, I run TAILS/TOR from a DVD because the DVD can not be corrupted once burned, it's like having a fresh install every time you start up. Doing it that way is very secure, but since much of the OS has to run from RAM, it takes a lot longer to boot up, so it's not really convenient. I use TAILS as a live OS when checking out old computers, running it usually tells me right away if I'm dealing with hardware or Windows issues)