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AT&T related help: Manage wireless data use



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Sunday, April 7th, 2024 5:26 PM

Data usage suddenly up

Data usage going from .50 MB to almost 4.0 in a couple of weeks time Is someone hacking my data and what should I do about it

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ACE - Master

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11K Messages

3 months ago

Your data isn’t getting hacked or diverted to someone else.  Either it’s a mistake, or more likely your phone is actually using the data.  If you can see the data being used by individual apps on your phone settings, take a look and see what’s using the data.

ACE - Sage

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118.4K Messages

3 months ago

As @dwill05 suggested, check your phone.  It records usage independently of AT&T.  

No one can access your data.  

4 gigs isn't a lot.  

People under estimate how much data can be used in a month.  In the early days, 2 gigs was plenty.  In 2011 we shared 10 gigs between 4 of us. 

Now I average 10+ just for me.

I got a t mobile sim and played a podcast on the 30 minute ride home.  Used 636 MB on Amazon music podcast and another 500+ MB on other apps.  1.3 gigs in less than an hour

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