can someone trace you thro IP addy?

sco0ter

Of course if you have been posting illegal/vile/offensive messages on a board they could well get police involved and then they WOULD be able to have it traced to your home ... Just remembering the case where someone did it on a football board (Aberdeen FC I think) about a Rangers fan being killed and they got charged with an offence by the police for it.(Insighting hatred or something wierd like that..)

black-saturn

I'm afraid it was the other way round for me. They were being threatening and abusive to me to the point they were threatening to kill me and I was worried as some of them had my address. I told them I was going to contact the police and then as a result they banned my IP address from the board.

sco0ter

black-saturn wrote:

I'm afraid it was the other way round for me. They were being threatening and abusive to me to the point they were threatening to kill me and I was worried as some of them had my address. I told them I was going to contact the police and then as a result they banned my IP address from the board.

There is next to nothing that they would find out that could be usefull in that case... The only info they might get would be ISP and maybe City but thats all

Crabman

AOL UK route via a US IP address, FYI

loopy_lass

thanks, thats make me feel a little better, its nothing sinister its just a game forum i sometimes go on, and its a comment someone made, as i live in a small rural area, i was concerned a trace may bring them too close for comfort..

thanks for all the replied, very interesting..

loops