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"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote:

"Dan L." wrote in message
In article ,
"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote:
"Dan L." wrote in message
Well, Tony is posting from Italy. Beyond that I am not sure. The
address
is just his internet providers address and not Tony's himself. However
one could call the phone number and try to find greater details.

Sooo, Privacy and computers do not go well. When posting always be
kind.

So does this answer your question FarmI ????

Not really. I know how to do a properties check and whois check and have
done them enough, but as you say, all you end up with is the ISP addy and
details. Now that may work for a general location and maybe even
narrow it
to a very small area if a local ISP is used, but that won't help if an
ISP
that provides nationwide service is used.

It was only a passing fancy anyway but I do wish I was much more computer
literate than I am.

Perhaps...

However, if one has really legal problem with a user, that ISP's phone
number with the posting information might lead directly to the machine
and time that user was using. Even if that user is using a public
library account can lead to the person. At my local library, cameras are
everywhere.

True.

The smart criminal type would use a stolen laptop and drive up and down
the streets looking for an open wireless connection. Those are hard to
track.

There is an interesting magazine you might like: http://www.2600.com/
The Magazine has no interest to me today. I use to read it many many
years ago when I was school.

My anti-virus software warns me against that site.

Does not surprise me

The "2600" magazine is computer hackers web site. They have have a nice
quarterly publication, can be purchased at most book stores. They have
meetings around the country. By your posting I thought you might be
interested in that type of computing. However, it has been decades since
I read that magazine. Like accounting classes, they teach how to steal
in order to protect yourself. I should add, I am an ACM member
(Association for Computing Machinery). It is good that you have such
software running. I think to some degree you already know how to protect
yourself. I think you have more knowledge about computers than you let
on

I use a unix based machine, they are much harder to get into.
I would never ever own a wintel machine!

Enjoy Life... Dan

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Garden in Zone 5 South East Michigan.