Posted by Racer on September 27, 1999, at 4:12:19
In reply to Re: My paranoia is eased & curiosity satisfied, posted by dj on September 26, 1999, at 23:53:26
If someone had superuser status on a system that acted as a passthrough on the way to the board, it would have footprints on it. Especially since both the PIII chips and Win98 both have IDs that can't be turned off.
Remember though, that this sort of search for who is doing what where online is expensive, time consuming, and really not something that is going to be done for fun. The police, FBI, NSA, etc can do it, for the same reason they can find out who you call. They have access to telephone records, etc, if it's in the interest of public safety.
Here, though, nothing is being written which would bring down the interest of the authorities. On the other hand, if someone posted here that he/she wanted to go out in a blaze of glory by first drowning Al Gore in a teacup, Dr Bob might be able to get the proper authorities involved and save our poor Veep by tracing the person offering such a thing.
We are safe, though, since Dr Bob seems an honorable man, and we're simply exchanging information and support, with no laws broken. (Remember, thanks t othe first amendment to the constitution in America, it would take an explicit threat to involve the authorities. It's something about Freedom of Speech, and what a nice notion...)
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