ip adress

[colt29]

Can a company get your name and other info from your ip address?

[Willie Bee]

The short answer, it's possible.

[jon13009]

The feds have tracked down criminals with their IP address and the assistance of the provider.

Reference:

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/andrewkantor/2004-06-17-kantor_x.htm

[pico]

well, you have to register with some compnay to get your internet service right. so the ip you use is form that company. people can find out who owns the ip, then the compnay will give your registration info to the fed if you done something really wrong like terriorism or child porn. other than that, i don't htink the company will give the fed your registration info.

so yes, they can find you just by knowing your ip.

[LLXC]

Yes, but most ISPs won't assists companies unless for an extraordinary reason.

[spliff]

use the library pc for illegal operations.

[DaveRabbit]

ISPs will release info to law enforcement only. Private corps. only if they are big recognize companies and its involving a criminal activity they pursuit. Private corps. like SBR will be directed to file a report with the police and they'll coordinate from there.

[DaveRabbit]

use the library pc for illegal operations.

no no, public libraries get monitor routinely. you wouldn't want to fall in that database.

[jolub]

no no, public libraries get monitor routinely. you wouldn't want to fall in that database.

If you don't have to give your real name at the library, who gives a shit?

[pico]

If you don't have to give your real name at the library, who gives a shit?

when did thread become a cyber crime thread?

damn, they have cameras, if you do something wrong, and the law enforcement officials really wants to find you, you can't really hide.

some really smart hackers got cought evne thought they knew much much more about erasing tracks than us.

[fearless]

From another board:

Well back in the old days of Telnet, myself and few friends had accounts everywhere and a little book that mapped out all the backbone connections so we could sign in and reroute around mainframes that were down. So we are talking early to mid 90's.

Way back then, the NSA monitored traffic. Various words would trigger monitoring flags. If enough of them were used in a short enough span an actual human operator would start viewing your conversation. You could always tell by the connection speed from a ping and increased lag.

We often tested them out of boredom and even started doing simple encoding on the words to test their monitoring such as adding letters to more obvious words. Sometimes before flagging their attention. They had a pretty good monitoring bot back then. I would figure that they have only improved over the years.

As for implicating people in internet crimes. Very easy to do. Trials go before a jury of people that could not get out of jury duty. It is very easy to change the date on a computer and download whatever you want to download. The timestamp goes by your computer's clock not the server that you downloaded from. Presented with evidence that you have been viewing kiddie porn since 1996 could be used to sway a jury.

As for using hotspots to keep a low profile, good idea except that IP addresses and account holder names are for dime novel detectives and hollywood movies. Real investigaions note the MAC address of your NIC. So pay cash and use a new wireless card everytime you go online. Dispose of used cards "properly" and never buy a card at the same place twice or make yourself descriptive when you do purchase. Still does not eliminate discovery, but it makes it much harder for them to track you. Of course you do know not to over use a User ID or Password for too many things.

In otherwords to remain off the radar don't use a trackable pattern, especially writing style, user name, MAC address, ISP connection, site visits, forums, chat rooms, email accounts. You have to leave as much speculation as to if you are a subject or just someone's Aunt Betty or Cousin Bill with your internet footprint.

[spliff]

when did thread become a cyber crime thread?

damn, they have cameras, if you do something wrong, and the law enforcement officials really wants to find you, you can't really hide.

some really smart hackers got cought evne thought they knew much much more about erasing tracks than us.

libraries have cameras?

[diglett]

From another board:

I know this isn't yours, but most of it is doubtful and part of it is silly.

When you're connected to an ordinary wireless router, the internet provider sees the MAC of the router, not the equipment behind the router.

Also, the idea of disposable wireless cards is a bit much. Not only are MAC addresses trivial to change, changing them is a feature included in the properties menu of many adapters.

[Dhuepaxuz]

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If I can add to this thread. Note, that an Internet Cafe, etc. holds a log of all PC's that used their service. Yes, you can change the wireless card, etc, but you would also have to change the PC name.

[ferndog]

Somebody is watching right now. During the night look outside your window and you will see something.