<human>: Original post here:  

So I did what I should have done in the first place; talk to him.

At first he was upset that I didn't just talk to him, and that I've been sitting around stewing for the last couple of weeks, because of something one of my friends said, but he explained that he could understand why I didn't, if I honestly thought this was something illegal.

He went into more detail about his job; he is a software developer in the security field. He works with networks. He used a few terms that were used in the other thread but I'm not going to put them here since I don't know exactly what they mean in context. I'm happy with his explanation.

He talked about how since it was so easy to get worked up by one of my friends I probably had some questions myself before that, and that I should have asked him. He said that if I don't understand why he does each little thing that It's easy to paint a broader picture that's not there.

He is just really security conscious, but said that if he was really uptight he wouldn't be stupid enough to let me browse/login on reddit, facebook, twitter, etc. on his network. Also as some said, since 9/11 large cash transactions can trigger a government alert or something, but he said it's still more private to pay in cash, so that's why he does it.

Also it's his hobby, like I thought. He didn't feel the need to do a DIY security system, he wanted too.

He said that if the phone-off-in-the house thing is a problem for me he can fix it but he needs to work on my phone and make it more secure, and I said that's cool since I would like to be able to text my friends in the house and stuff.

Can you condense the text into three sentences or less?
<bot>: Had a good convo with my bf that re-established some things in our relationship. I should have talked to him instead of getting all worried over nothing.