Posted by Superman on February 06, 2001 at 09:35:54:
In Reply to: Evolution of posts posted by la_dulce_vida on February 06, 2001 at 07:33:52:
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If you are worried about your privacy, use a free email service and a proxy server like http://www.rewebber.com or http://www.anonymizer.com then you can't be traced. Even without using an anonymous proxy, they would have to go through an expensive, time consuming, and complicated process in order to get your real name. First they would have to subpoena the owner of this website for all the IP's you have posted from (which means they would have to hire a lawyer). Once they got that list, they would then have to subpoena the corresponding internet service provider in order to match IP logs and times to specific posts on this board. Then they would have to filter it down to all the people with your same IP address who were online at the same time your post was made. Eventually, through the process of elimination, they *might* be able to figure out your real name by matching exact times with the IP logs. Now, if you use an anonymizing proxy and a free email account, it would be virtually impossible to ever find out your real name. Depending on the steps you took, you could threaten the president and they could never track you. Of course, if you use your ISP email address (like Earthlink, AOL, etc.), all they would have to do is subpoena your ISP to get your real name! I would not worry too much about what is posted here though. Who's going to track you down? An angry chica!? -Superman-
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