is your ip address private?

[M3boy]

James

I take your point (as I always try to do when there is a difference of opinion) but even if (and I dont think for one minute it is) what you are saying IS true, do you really think that a mod on here will come on and say "yes it was me"??

Of course not.

[RED-DOG]

I get what you're saying, maybe it was just a lucky guess?
I don't know.

be serious m8 i dont think this was a lucky guess,i really think a mod from here has given my ip address to the other site to see if it was me and the answer that they gave on the other site was not thought through enough to know i am not stupid to know that this is the only way possible for them to know it was me ....

James I don't understand it and you don't understand it, but we are both dinosaurs when it comes to computers.

One thing I DO know though, is people. No mod from here would give your IP out to anyone, and I will stand by that 100%.

Trust me, there is another explaination.

[Colchester Kev]

Ok Sofa, im not sure how to word this so you will understand it, so i will try my best.

The mods CANNOT see or have access to your IP address, the only person that has access to that information is Ironside as an administrator.  

Perhaps you of all people should think before questioning the integrity of blonde and the team, especially as you know how accusations and hearsay can snowball out of control.

I hope this puts your mind at rest and you can think of another theory to occupy you for the rest of the day.

[M3boy]

Well as much as I would like to stay, I have that fun fun fun task of the weekly shop to do.

Oh the joys of life eh?

Be nice all x

[marcro]

I hope this puts your mind at rest and you can think of another theory to occupy you for the rest of the day.

lol

[Div]

i was a new member on the site in question which i have not said which one ,,
NEW MEMBER
NEW EMAIL
NEW USER NAME
NEW ADDRESS
BUT STILLthis site said who i was i just dont know how this is possible unless someone from here checked my ip address and gave it to the other site who then put 2+2 together and come up with it being the same person.i dunno i might be wrong but its a bit fishy,a real good friend of mine who is 5-it hot on computers said this is only possible if someone gave my ip address to the other site....i just wanted conformation from this site if this is possible thanks...

OK here is a snippet from a weblog. As you can see it gives a fair amount of info.

In this case the location is relatively wide (Minneapolis) but in some cases it can be much more specific. i.e. if you were posting from a suburb of Newcastle it might say Newcastle, or it might say Jesmond.

So, knowing that, plus as other have pointed out, doing a bit of 2+2ing on things like subject matter, grammatical idiosyncracies, etc. its often not going to be difficult to work out who a 'new' poster actually is.

Also, note that if you are using a bog standard domestic Internet account, your IP address is probably dynamic i.e. your ISP allocates it from a pool of numbers each time you reconnect. This means the first part of it will stay the same, but the last 1 or 2 parts will vary each time you reconnect. e.g. if you reconnected three times, your numbers might be:

56.120.18.6
56.120.17.79
56.120.18.42

So nobody could definitely say who you were, but they could say(for example) it's someone on the NTL network who lives just west of Birmingham, uses Win XP and Firefox.

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[sofa----king]

Ok Sofa, im not sure how to word this so you will understand it, so i will try my best.

The mods CANNOT see or have access to your IP address, the only person that has access to that information is Ironside as an administrator.  

Perhaps you of all people should think before questioning the integrity of blonde and the team, especially as you know how accusations and hearsay can snowball out of control.

I hope this puts your mind at rest and you can think of another theory to occupy you for the rest of the day.

i am so,so,so so glad thankyou BLONDE for clearing this up ,now i can rest asure that this is fine by me i just wanted to know who can see my ip address and to me you have done this i was under the impression that all mods can see my ip address thankyou kev my mind is at rest halaluliaaaaaaaa.

[Ginger]

If you have posted on the forum before, it logs your IP addy and who made the post. When you post under another alias, that admin can see who has made posts from that IP addy previously.

Hope that helps.

[Dingdell]

Is this the strat of a blondegate affair?

[marcro]

Don't believe then sofa, they are all out to get you.  Keep looking over your shoulder and sleep with one eye open m8.

[Div]

Don't believe then sofa, they are all out to get you.  Keep looking over your shoulder and sleep with one eye open m8.

The men in black will be at your front door any second....

[RED-DOG]

I know how he does his card tricks!

MWAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!

[Sark79]

I am a  dinosaur when it comes to the workings of computers and I am only 26, sometimes I think I should have been born in the 1940's 

[sofa----king]

I know how he does his card tricks!

MWAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!

i am worried if they are out to get me,I'm sure lol,i just wanted to shed a little light on this ip thingy.i just wanted to know who can see my ip address on here.
as to give me something to ocuPIE my mind for the day i will be getting ready for the market tomorow to sell my stolen property.all are welcome for a good laugh,""""dont be shy, come and buy, there all half price and stolen""""
i dunno i think im still realing over certain topics going on ,on this site its just not going quick enough for me ,im sorry if ive offended anyone including the mods,i think yall know which ones,,sorry guys i just want to add more weight to things as i  am really annoyed at other things.and im far from paranoid,i think....

[Dingdell]

Do you feel a bit like this?  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW2ngQiNXAo