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Set Square wrote:
In an earlier contribution to this discussion, John Rumm wrote: As a matter of interest, just how easy/difficult is it to establish the true identity of a poster. For example, where would I find the detailed headers for *this* message? Are they likely to show any or all of: Message-ID: ^ That's you References: s.com ps.com ^ The References are the message IDs above yours in the thread to which you are replying, not you. Someone else was using Tiscali. X-Trace: individual.net faBkxWQldmr+t9Go3KahgQKmGv3NRps8C5TABKFQyTWTMEwJ vF ^ That's you too. Interesting! So it's not *too* easy for Joe Public to establish a poster's real identity without getting information from one's ISP - which they *hopefully* wouldn't disclose without good reason. It's quite difficult to get a "real" identity, but quite easy to get someone's online identity, from which one may deduce facts about their real identity. For example, if you (in another newsgroup) had posted something about where you worked, that could be picked up. However, you can almost always be tracked back through ISPs to the network logon-ID you are using, or to the phone line if you're using an 0845 no-registration-required ISP. FWIW, my ISP is *not* Tiscali - despite what the headers may lead you to believe. I think John Rumm slipped a line when he was reading, between Message-ID, Path and References. Owain |
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Set Square wrote:
Interesting! So it's not *too* easy for Joe Public to establish a poster's real identity without getting information from one's ISP - which they *hopefully* wouldn't disclose without good reason. In reality most ISPs roll over with very little provocation alas - some however have been know to put up a fight. (recent examples of the RIAA trying to identify people they think are violating copyright spring to mind) FWIW, my ISP is *not* Tiscali - despite what the headers may lead you to believe. Yup, sorry, just glanced at the refered articles which threaded to the OPs message that was posted from Tiscali - but you aren't the OP! You posted via indivadual.net, who would no doubt be able to relate your real identity to that of the post. -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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On Sun, 12 Jun 2005 11:39:11 +0100, "Set Square"
wrote: In an earlier contribution to this discussion, wrote: Your posts are in the public domain, on google no less, along with headers, detailed descriptions of the problem, history, and stated and explained intention to commit a crime. Your neighbours also know about it now, and may or may not talk to the next inhabitant. You must be dumb as well as dishonest. NT As a matter of interest, just how easy/difficult is it to establish the true identity of a poster. For example, where would I find the detailed headers for *this* message? Are they likely to show any or all of: * my News.Individual.net account ID * the IP address from which I posted it * my ISP * my logon account name * etc.? You are not anonymous, its just a matter of how hard somebody has to try to find you, and if its worth the effort. Finding your ISP is easy, getting from there to you is harder. In the good old days, there were free servers that hid you behind them, but again once you have access to the server the cloak has gone. The easisest way to make life easier when trying to find you is to send you a virus, or spyware, which sits there and reports back everything you do. There are levels of everyting, your firewalls, spam filters, virus scanners will keep out the script kiddes, but not the talanted attacker determined to find you. Rick |
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