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Alt Accounts being banned

My name is URL · 2009-09-22 21:48:32

Ok so it's against the rules to set up an alt account to circumvent a ban, that's easy for mods and admins to enforce for most part I'd imagine.. IP addresses and the user's style of posting is a giveaway But for accounts created like 2-3 years ago, how does boards verify that those accounts are being used by re-reg users?…

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22-09-2009 10:48pm

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Ok so it's against the rules to set up an alt account to circumvent a ban, that's easy for mods and admins to enforce for most part I'd imagine.. IP addresses and the user's style of posting is a giveaway

But for accounts created like 2-3 years ago, how does boards verify that those accounts are being used by re-reg users?

I'm just curious about whether any other personally identifiable info is stored by you, I don't have any alt accounts =p

Here's an example of someone being banned as a re-reg on an account that's 2 years old - http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=62228298&postcount=244

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#2 23-09-2009 12:25am
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There are a myriad of ways.

Mostly we find them through people's stupidity though.

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#3 23-09-2009 9:56pm
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How come I can't reply to this without admin approval?

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#4 23-09-2009 10:48pm
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All posts (apart from thread opening posts) must be approved by an Admin.

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#5 24-09-2009 10:57am
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Ah ok

My other post must have got lost during yesterday's maintainance..

Does boards store any info that isn't listed on the Privacy Statement, such as MAC addresses etc in order to identify individuals or their machines?

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#6 24-09-2009 1:21pm
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I don't believe vBulletin has any such capabilities.

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#7 24-09-2009 7:30pm
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BuffyBot wrote: »

I don't believe vBulletin has any such capabilities.

Fair enough.

Though, is your answer specifically about snooping for MAC addresses or the "any info that isn't listed on the Privacy Statement" part?

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#8 24-09-2009 11:58pm
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Check this out, unless you meant that by 'privacy statement', and for any technical details the Development forum may be able to help you out.

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