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P_1 · 2012-11-30 08:38:06

Is talking about the MCD suing incident a big no no here by any chance, posted up a reminiscing thread on it on AH but it was locked pretty damn quickly. Cheers

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30-11-2012 9:38am

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Is talking about the MCD suing incident a big no no here by any chance, posted up a reminiscing thread on it on AH but it was locked pretty damn quickly.

Cheers

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#2 30-11-2012 12:46pm
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Not sure why one would reminisce about that but don't see why it should be verboten either.

Boards.ie was name-checked with regard to a firm of solicitors yesterday on RTE News, is that something we can talk about?

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#3 30-11-2012 12:49pm
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mike65 wrote: »

Boards.ie was name-checked with regard to a firm of solicitors yesterday on RTE News, is that something we can talk about?

Dav, posted about this yesterday and said its not to be mentioned while the case is ongoing. I'm on mobile and can't find the post now though.

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#4 30-11-2012 12:51pm
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http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=81991942
That'll be in, Dean.

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#5 30-11-2012 12:51pm
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Cheers, I only caught the end, didn't know what it related to.

/zipped

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#6 30-11-2012 1:14pm
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mike65 wrote: »

/zipped

And you'd best not talk about the on-going case either.

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#7 30-11-2012 6:10pm
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mike65 wrote: »

Not sure why one would reminisce about that but don't see why it should be verboten either.

It was a pretty big event in the history of the site, and raised some scary questions at the time, that's why I thought it was worth reminiscing about.

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#8 03-12-2012 11:53am
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How would they find peoples details to sue them?

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#9 03-12-2012 12:06pm
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Jack breen wrote: »

How would they find peoples details to sue them?

A couple of ways. Ownership of the domain. Tax filings etc.

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#10 03-12-2012 12:13pm
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Khannie wrote: »

A couple of ways. Ownership of the domain. Tax filings etc.

I know but the posters who made the comments. Most people only use the prepaid dongle thats not registered to anyone.

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#11 03-12-2012 12:51pm
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Jack breen wrote: »

I know but the posters who made the comments. Most people only use the prepaid dongle thats not registered to anyone.

No most people use their home broadband connection and as for the dongles, the isp still have to keep the records from where they were used, so while you may think that it is untraceable they can track with in a few feet using a few towers to triangulate. Same with pre paid mobile phones.

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#12 03-12-2012 12:55pm
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Sharrow wrote: »

No most people use their home broadband connection and as for the dongles, the isp still have to keep the records from where they were used, so while you may think that it is untraceable they can track with in a few feet using a few towers to triangulate. Same with pre paid mobile phones.

Wow intresting stuff.

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#13 03-12-2012 1:03pm
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Not that many people use prepaid dongles. The majority of internet access would be over fixed lines, with a lot of wireless access people running a billpay account.

For those on PAYG access, there are still ways to track them down. The ISP should be able to link a post to the mobile number/SIM that was used to post it.
If they were really pushed to identify you then, the Gardai could chase down your top-up logs to access credit/debit cards or bank accounts used to top up the phone.

If you want to stay truly unidentifiable really the only way is a PAYG SIM which you top up using cash. Even then you want to make sure the shop you get your credit in has no CCTV, and that you only turn the phone on when you're using it

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#14 03-12-2012 1:58pm
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And don't post from the same location all the time. And never from your own house.
If you plan on posting something that'll get you in trouble then do it in the middle of the Phoenix park or something!

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#15 03-12-2012 2:35pm
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Don't forget to throw the phone away and get a new one for every post.

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#16 03-12-2012 2:42pm
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If someone was pinching another persons wifi, I wonder how easy to track that would be.

Are mac addresses logged by ISPs? How easy to prove would it be if you were the innocent party?

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#17 04-12-2012 11:00am
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Doctor DooM wrote: »

If someone was pinching another persons wifi, I wonder how easy to track that would be.

Are mac addresses logged by ISPs? How easy to prove would it be if you were the innocent party?

The MAC address would only be for the outbound port so would show the router's MAC for every user on it. To answer your original question it's basically impossible. You can get some data from the router (depending on how good the logs are) but even that data is of limited value usually (a MAC for the wireless network card will only point it to a series of manufacturers going to a series of PCs at best).

I think it's even been used as defence once or twice (I did not download that illegal stuff; someone accessed my wireless doing it) but it got overruled as the owner's responsibility to secure their own connection and was responsible for what ever was downloaded on it.

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