Re: Newsgroup security regarding posters identity ?
- From: Nomen Nescio <nobody@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 09:00:41 +0100 (CET)
Notan wrote:
>> >> Other than inputting my email addy, etc....is there any way that a
>> >> poster
>> >> can be tracked down over a newsgroup.....ie: via one's IP address as
>> >> in email ? Or can one enjoy anonymity ?
>> >
>> > Other than learning which ISP/NSP you're using, not a whole lot can be
>> > uncovered.
>>
>> <laughing>
>>
>> Tell that to a guy named Mike Pratt, who just yesterday had his account
>> yanked and both his name and business horribly tarnished, because he was
>> trying to flood a remailer and someone took his IP and used it as a
>> starting point to completely demolish him in only a couple hours.
>>
>> See the posts to AP/APAS last evening for a striking example of how
>> incorrect you really are.
>
> I was under the impression the OP was concerned with someone identifying
> him (e.g., someone showing up at his front door), not identity theft.
I think you misunderstand. This person was attempting to do something that
was arguably illegal himself, attacking a service in what he obviously
thought would be an anonymous way. The only thing that was known about the
person at first was his IP number. Actually, not even that, but a "fake"
dynamic DNS account.
>From that tiny bit of information someone tracked down and exposed the
guy's IP, ISP, real name, home town, phone number, business name, business
address, and business phone number, in about an hour. Maybe even other
things, there was a lot of information about him posted. More than enough
for someone to "show up at his front door" if they wanted to. PLUS, his
ISP terminated his account.
So what you're saying about not a whole lot being discovered if you just
show your IP address is false. Sometimes it doesn't even take that much.
>
> Notan
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