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Zywiec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-02-11 10:27 AM
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10. You don't think your IP address is logged when you sign-on to DU?
Edited on Wed Mar-02-11 10:27 AM by Zywiec
That is identifying personal information.

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  -Star must identify anonymous posters to website, judge rules The Straight Story  Mar-02-11 10:11 AM   #0 
  - no way  AngelicBit   Mar-02-11 10:15 AM   #1 
  - Is there a reasonable expectation of privacy?  LiberalAndProud   Mar-02-11 12:13 PM   #21 
  - The comments sections on newspaper, TV, and radio sites  MineralMan   Mar-02-11 10:15 AM   #2 
  - +1  Proud Liberal Dem   Mar-02-11 10:21 AM   #5 
  - I've noticed that as well  Blue_Tires   Mar-02-11 10:24 AM   #8 
     - Well, if I had a news site, I'd shut off all comments.  MineralMan   Mar-02-11 10:25 AM   #9 
        - so would i...  Blue_Tires   Mar-02-11 11:00 AM   #13 
  - They will probably find out many are the same person  itsrobert   Mar-02-11 10:18 AM   #3 
  - No - they'll find out it's a Dead End  FreakinDJ   Mar-02-11 10:29 AM   #12 
  - Who signs up on a website with identifying personal information?  Lucian   Mar-02-11 10:19 AM   #4 
  - A lot of sites are using Facebook/Twitter integration for log on purposes  Proud Liberal Dem   Mar-02-11 10:23 AM   #6 
  - I do, sometimes. In either case, I never post anything that might  MineralMan   Mar-02-11 10:24 AM   #7 
  - I never sign up with personal info.  Lucian   Mar-02-11 12:00 PM   #14 
     - It's a personal choice. I make no secret of who I really am.  MineralMan   Mar-02-11 02:54 PM   #22 
  - You don't think your IP address is logged when you sign-on to DU?  Zywiec   Mar-02-11 10:27 AM   #10 
  - The IP address I log in on...  Lucian   Mar-02-11 12:01 PM   #15 
     - Don't forget your MAC address though - IP's are not unique  The Straight Story   Mar-02-11 12:06 PM   #17 
        - Again, not registered to me.  Lucian   Mar-02-11 12:08 PM   #18 
        - No website has your MAC address.  Statistical   Mar-02-11 12:09 PM   #19 
  - Your IP address is sent to every website you visit, and  NYC Liberal   Mar-02-11 10:29 AM   #11 
     - See post 15.  Lucian   Mar-02-11 12:02 PM   #16 
     - IP Address alone is not proof of identity. n/t  Statistical   Mar-02-11 12:10 PM   #20 
        - Likely courts would consider it similar to how they crack down on illegal file sharing  mythology   Mar-02-11 03:33 PM   #23 
        - I agree, I should have added to my post.  NYC Liberal   Mar-03-11 02:31 AM   #24 
  - Everyone here seems to be failing to realize that, once you're public your libel protection drops...  LooseWilly   Mar-03-11 03:10 AM   #25 
 

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