are admins looking up IP addresses?

slappy Bronze Member Posts: 566	are admins looking up IP addresses? Jan 15, 2011 21:53:48 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by slappy on Jan 15, 2011 21:53:48 GMT and telling other users who forumites are?
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eaststandboy Administrator Posts: 574	are admins looking up IP addresses? Jan 15, 2011 22:01:34 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by eaststandboy on Jan 15, 2011 22:01:34 GMT How do you mean? forumite being someone on here a lot? How would looking at an IP do anything?
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are admins looking up IP addresses? Jan 17, 2011 11:41:50 GMT

Post by malcolmnl on Jan 17, 2011 11:41:50 GMT

Looking up IP's is used to trace multis. The location given by search software is very unreliable and only gives an indication of an area.
TVP can probably get more exact information but I think even thay have to ask the internet provider for names and addresses. Providers won't give that info without a very good reason as it is private. Maybe for a suspected paedo.
So unless you fall into this last catagory your lcation is safe. Mainly because we don't know.

Last Edit: Jan 17, 2011 11:43:56 GMT by malcolmnl

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are admins looking up IP addresses?

Post by slappy on Jan 15, 2011 21:53:48 GMT

Post by eaststandboy on Jan 15, 2011 22:01:34 GMT

Post by malcolmnl on Jan 17, 2011 11:41:50 GMT