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Subject: Re: (Moderation) About anonymity

Author: John Dahlem

Date: 20:09:49 04/13/01

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On April 13, 2001 at 22:44:33, Aaron Tay wrote:

>On April 13, 2001 at 22:39:19, John Dahlem wrote:
>
>>1. Displaying IP-numbers in every message
>>
>>I don't know much of anything about computers, but I have heard that you do NOT
>>want others to know your IP address (something to do with making it very easy to
>>hack...)
>
>maybe.But I figure Ips are quite easy to track anyway. Everytime you jump onto a
>website, the server logs your ip.. For example, even  someone as unskilled in
>computers like myself, can easily use a webtracker[not really necessary] to
>check out the Ip address of visitors
>jumping onto my web site.


Yes, but this means -everyone- would see it, not just the people in charge of
the site (I think).  That's different.



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