Linked by Tony Steidler-Dennison on Tue 8th Jul 2008 12:11 UTC, submitted by LostAirman
The way the Internet is set up now, an I.P. address, by itself, doesn't identify an individual user. But an I.P. address can be traced to a specific Internet service provider, and with a subpoena, the Internet provider can be forced to identify which of their customers was assigned a particular I.P. address at a particular time. That is how the recording industry has been identifying and suing people who use file sharing programs.
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RE[3]: Id like to know...
by Michael on Tue 8th Jul 2008 22:40
in reply to "RE[2]: Id like to know..."
Member since:2005-07-01
I think you meant anachronistic actually, in the sense of belonging to another time.
You're quite right anyway. Though I suspect the effort required to secure oneself would put off the casual user. Tor gets a lot of coverage but never feels like it's about to "take off" and become mainstream.
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2006-06-09
anachronic, sorry.