Discovering the identity of online posters

[68Charger]

Good info, Ginsue... I have yet to come across a blocked PIA adress on this site in the Texas, MidWest or West (US) regions...

And using a VPN doesn't protect you from attack/malware, etc... it just changes your IP to one that belongs to THAT provider, rather than your ISP, so it's harder to link back to you.

If your machine/browser isn't locked down properly, you'll give away your identity anyway...

For example, you login to your google account on your phone or in your browser, and now they can tie that VPN IP address to you in that timeframe.... so they compare Google logs to the interesting activity and they know it was you.

[Gman]

I figured you needed this information to make an informed decision about using proxies/VPN's. Now, go forth and conquer.

Users of foreign VPN services will be geofenced from many US websites. The Constitution does not protect communications outside the country from eavesdropping by US govt. agencies. In fact, the .gov has the ability to intercept domestic traffic and route it off-shore to circumvent the law.

VPNS WON'T SAVE YOU FROM CONGRESS' INTERNET PRIVACY GIVEAWAY

NSA's use of 'traffic shaping' allows unrestrained spying on Americans

[Eric P]

So we should flood the inter webs with fun statements.



[MOD: Find other fun statements to use than the one I removed.]

Edited by buffalobo

[JohnnyEgo]

In my line of work, boring nameless megacorp work that it is, I have frequently been held to account for the things I have said on this site and others. Just comes with the territory. A bored paralegal with access to the full suite of Lexus Nexus research products can correlate a screen name to a real name to a very comprehensive profile in about 30 minutes, without ever involving the government at all.

It takes considerable work to achieve the substance of anonymity, as opposed to the glossy veneer. It is beyond the technical sophistication of most of the folks who believe they are leaving a quick anonymous comment.

[BushMasterBoy]

Well the US Congress is considering creating a new branch of the military to control outer space assets. I believe some satellites can monitor anything wireless and/or control a dedicated sensor near a target. Not sure I would want to piss them off. I don't think you can be anonymous & obnoxious at the same time. Spacex is making space access easy, fast and cheap. The moral of the story is "don't post it on the international network".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Space_Corps

[Danimal]

The real truth is anything that you put into the internet can be traced back to you pretty easily. The only difference here is that they are trying to use the testimony of people whom they need a paper trail to justify their actions. Normally this is not the case. The internet is wide open to trace anything anywhere. I have watched 18 year old kids in college classes find the real name and address of posters on reddit in about 10 minutes.

[funkymonkey1111]

Is there a way to truly be anonymous online? Use different computers not owned/connected to you on networks/internet access not owned/connected to you?--and not using screen names more than once?


Just curious--obviously I'm on a screen name that's been the same here for years

[OtterbatHellcat]

The Fox has spoken, and quite well I should think.

But just for good measure, I think I should say the The Government can Blow Me now, and forever.

Thank you.

[Skip]

Nobody know me, I'm safe.

[GilpinGuy]

Couldn't someone develope a sort of block chain forum format, like online currencies? I'm not even close to tech savy enough to know how this would work, but if you can transfer "digital currency" anonymously you can surly post funny pics and post whore anonymously as well.