I think there are others who can answer that better than I, but you, I and everyone else gets tracked and somehow relevant info about you gets to those who send out spam emails.
I was notified by my virus software (Norton 360) that the ‘dark web’ had somehow tracked my twitter account and advised me to change my password, which I did.
You’ll probably have yours and up and running before I get any sense out of this thing. Trying to get it to accept the 26 digit Livebox key is a nightmare. Only found a keypad on the screen by accident and then had to scroll up and down through all the numbers, all the lower case and in and out of the upper case and even then it didn’t work. Also it appeared not to accept anymore than 22 digits but, with the memory of connecting the smart tv in mind I ploughed on ignoring the fact that my choices did not appear on the screen. Failed.
I had problems too when I had my 1st Roberts radio - it didn’t lend itself easily to being set up, really very fiddly, but I did manage in the end, and that was in 2013 and have had no problems with it since - over 9 years.
As they say, try, try and try again - worth it in the long run.
Just to add, I remember feeling back in 2013 that it was going to be impossible to set up, with what seemed to be a fiddly long-winded antiquated method of doing things, that surely it should automatically find the wifi signal by itself. I don’t remember how it connected and worked as it should but it eventually did. I wouldn’t give Roberts 10 out of 10 for its setting up procedure!
While my DAB radios wait for the technology to reach this part of France, I just use the mobile phone + WiFi.
Connect Nord VPN to UK, slot phone onto a Bose speaker and then listen to BBC Sounds podcasts or iPlayer radio in glorious surround sound. Don’t even need the VPN for Classic FM app.
You’ll forgive me if I sigh and say ‘oh not that again’, because I went through all that with the tv and in the end it really did want all 26, just didn’t show them all on the screen. But if push come to shove I will try it.
@JohnH Now that sounds familiar, it did mention that along the way, I’ll go and have a look at the Livebox.
The only button on that is a picture of what looks like antenna mast with curved lines radiating from it. Is that it?
I don’t think it’s that, all it says is connecting, and now, as expected, failed
The only instruction on the screen was ‘push button on other end’. Other end of what?
Yes but I don’t know how to do that, again, been there before with the tv.
Just tried 16 digits failed, though it takes me back to the keypad as if it is waiting for more.