Moron...or not?

[RETOKSQUID]

The IP address just points them in the right direction. They still have to find your location and confiscate your computer before they can prove any wrong doing. If you stay within the law you have nothing to worry about. Heck I even use my real name and say what town I live in. Wouldn't be real hard for almost anyone to locate me. Have nothing to hide so no reason to be paranoid.

Agreed. Use your neighbor's computer for all the shady stuff

 

[ratski]

Sometimes, I post things that aren't true just to throw them off. You should try it too.

I am not worried.

Everything that I post is a lie.

And that is the truth.

Dave

 

[vvvvvvv]

I'll agree with that BUT, IP addresses are whats being used to track down people who have dowloaded music and movies illegally. Its also holding up in court.

It's holding up in court as circumstantial evidence in support of hard evidence as grounds for probable cause. It has not held up in court as hard evidence. In fact, the RIAA has been known to withdraw lawsuits on their own as soon as you show that someone else may have had access to your computer or network.

Take, for example, the FBI's child porn honeypots. They post a link on known forums based overseas that are used to distribute child porn. The link sends the user to a webpage that contains no illegal material, but is operated by the FBI. If the logged IP address hits as being U.S. based, the FBI gets a search warrant. (Of course, some people share a single public IP through their ISP with hundreds of other people...)

By the way, that honeypot scenario makes it exceedingly easy to frame someone.

 

[Moosey]

Interesting.

 

[rustbuilder]

Dear goverment and local police no need to read anymore of my ip info i will gladly tell you ALL MY VIEWS POLITICAL OR PERSONAL!!AND YES I OWN GUNS!!!!!!!