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MSE forced to hand over users ID's - Court Order

ChiefGrasscutter
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edited 1 October 2011 at 7:12PM in Techie Stuff
Seen nothing posted on MSE about this yet......

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-29/-trolls-who-complain-online-have-anonymity-targeted-in-british-lawsuits.html

Interesting not?

While the next stage is to acquired the physical home address from the ISP and hence ID the computer....assuming it's a multiperson household, to ID the actual person might be rather more difficult.
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  • Richie-from-the-Boro
    Richie-from-the-Boro Posts: 6,945 Forumite
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    edited 1 October 2011 at 8:34PM
    - careful my friend, thread posted yesterday on these boards was promptly made to disappear ! :D
    Disclaimer : Everything I write on this forum is my opinion. I try to be an even-handed poster and accept that you at times may not agree with these opinions or how I choose to express them, this is not my problem. The Disabled : If years cannot be added to their lives, at least life can be added to their years - Alf Morris - ℜ
  • fadetogrey
    fadetogrey Posts: 1,648 Forumite
    Richie-from-the-Boro wrote: »
    - careful my friend, thread posted yesterday on these boards was promptly made to disappear ! :D

    Yes and if things go on the way they are the threads poster might disappear next..:eek::eek:
    counting down the time I got left.:beer::beer:
  • lilac_lady
    lilac_lady Posts: 4,469 Forumite
    Some of the trolls on here should get "a knock at the door".
    " The greatest wealth is to live content with little."

         Plato


  • Fridge3
    Fridge3 Posts: 9,246 Forumite
    Richie-from-the-Boro wrote: »
    - careful my friend, thread posted yesterday on these boards was promptly made to disappear ! :D
    Have a couple of your posts just disapperad from another thread?
  • Richie-from-the-Boro
    Richie-from-the-Boro Posts: 6,945 Forumite
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    Fridge3 wrote: »
    Have a couple of your posts just disappeared from another thread?

    Yes my friend .. .. .. but I took them out myself .. thanks for the heads up though !
    Disclaimer : Everything I write on this forum is my opinion. I try to be an even-handed poster and accept that you at times may not agree with these opinions or how I choose to express them, this is not my problem. The Disabled : If years cannot be added to their lives, at least life can be added to their years - Alf Morris - ℜ
  • ChiefGrasscutter
    ChiefGrasscutter Posts: 2,112 Forumite
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    Blimey,
    I'd better prepare for the arrival of the men in black then!
  • crazyguy
    crazyguy Posts: 5,495 Forumite
    Its not that hard to narrow down the actual user and providing that they registered correct details then its even easier, the problem here would be a user who registers while using inprivate browsing as that basicaly hides your true ip address and gives you a new one, even doing this it can still be traced back simply via the ip address provider then with a court document/order get the true ip address and that shows your culprit, just takes a bit more time.
  • Richie-from-the-Boro
    Richie-from-the-Boro Posts: 6,945 Forumite
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    - been there done that many times - - - just zap the #1 mate !
    Disclaimer : Everything I write on this forum is my opinion. I try to be an even-handed poster and accept that you at times may not agree with these opinions or how I choose to express them, this is not my problem. The Disabled : If years cannot be added to their lives, at least life can be added to their years - Alf Morris - ℜ
  • McKneff
    McKneff Posts: 38,857 Forumite
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    Run for the hills :eek:
    make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
    and we will never, ever return.
  • Richie-from-the-Boro
    Richie-from-the-Boro Posts: 6,945 Forumite
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    McKneff wrote: »
    Run for the hills :eek:

    - IF YOU LIKE MY REPLY- CLICK THANKS ! - Not because my reply has helped you - or because it lets someone know you have read my post - but because its a way of getting my thanks count ~ ~ ~ artificially up - :D
    Disclaimer : Everything I write on this forum is my opinion. I try to be an even-handed poster and accept that you at times may not agree with these opinions or how I choose to express them, this is not my problem. The Disabled : If years cannot be added to their lives, at least life can be added to their years - Alf Morris - ℜ
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