That is desu_boku on his alt account using his admin privileges to release private information about a users ip.
Private info should be kept private and bad forum admins should be at least warned about this.
Sorry but your IP is not special privileged information.
IPV6 will make this even less so and also more user specific.
Every site you visit must be given this information and it is very hard to stop it from leaking to users of these sites. Ever clicked on an image in chat? that site now has your ip.
If you care about this, then you need to route all your web traffic through a bouncer/anonymizer.
We try not leak ips, in this case the forum software used displays this information to anyone given any admin rights. This is not our design choice however it is also not something we intend to fix.
I think its funny that erik complained about this when he googled my IP when shi gave it out in a screenshot and started telling everyone (incorrectly) where I live
Seriously, in what possible way is revealing every single poster's IP address not a really stupid violation of privacy? We should at the very least have to give our consent for this.
Fridge wrote on Thu, 14 April 2011 22:27So instead of shooting yourself in the foot, you've decided to just hack both your legs off? wonderful, I am 100% satisfied I joined this site.
Your IP is not and will never be a secret you cannot operate the internet without telling other people your IP.
If you think that you can keep your IP a secret then you are a moron.
You always have to tell someone, right now you are broadcasting this information to everyone.
If you wish to hide this information then you will need to put a trusted 3rd party between you and the rest of the world. We can not provide this service for you.
This is, as I said earlier, going to get 100x worse with IPV6.
Okay, it's not a huge secret but why would you just stick it out in the open? That's just dumb. I am gonna DDoS everyone.
One person whined about his being shown so you will solve the problem by exposing everyone else indiscriminately. Way to just go and throw urine in my eyes.
fish wrote on Fri, 15 April 2011 13:50Okay, it's not a huge secret but why would you just stick it out in the open? That's just dumb. I am gonna DDoS everyone.
One person whined about his being shown so you will solve the problem by exposing everyone else indiscriminately. Way to just go and throw urine in my eyes.
Now you mention it, I would actually prefer it if people suffered DDoS rather than this website.
XIX wrote on Thu, 14 April 2011 22:59
If you wish to hide this information then you will need to put a trusted 3rd party between you and the rest of the world. We can not provide this service for you.
Nobody wants their ip on public display, and always having to use a proxy before visiting the forums is an inconvenience. Change this back please thanks in advance.
ellbent wrote on Tue, 19 April 2011 17:33How many times do people in this thread have to remind you that "people can find your IP" is not the same thing as "I will tell everyone your IP"
The fact that I need an mailing address to use the postal system does not mean everybody should know it.
It is not your address, it is a POBOX number.
Everyone you connect to on the internet has to know this information.
You are not anonymous, if you want to be anonymous then you will need to do something about it.
Like I said, this is not my initial design choice but the more I talk to you the more I feel that I should not go out of my way to hide your IPs as it just gives you a false sense of security.
So congratulations on pushing me one step further along that path.
I give some companies my Credit Card number and full details. There is a reason they don't publish them.
I give some companies my Social Security number and full details. There is a reason they don't publish them.
unless you have a really shitty computer with something like windows 2k on it, about all your ip address can do is give somebody a general idea of where you are located. Even then it can be wrong.
Tosi wrote on Wed, 20 April 2011 00:29unless you have a really shitty computer with something like windows 2k on it, about all your ip address can do is give somebody a general idea of where you are located. Even then it can be wrong.
This is still not a reason to make it public.
Since words don't seem to work when explaining why this is stupid, let me see if pictures help. Here, two helpful Venn diagrams;
One of the things that really bothers me about this attitude is that in the future I would like to move towards less centralised servers and more peer to peer.
These are good things, the internet is not meant to be centralised.
How the fuck is anyone supposed to do that when people believe their IP is precious.
So yeah, fuck off jshaw, we will try not to miss your massive positive contribution.
Tosi wrote on Tue, 26 April 2011 20:49if you could play any video you had on your computer then it would have something to do with viruses.
That's what I was answering to
I bet magnus has quite a lot of videos on his computer.
There are lots of linux viruses, I have written a few. However, you never see them because of lunix's tiny market share which prevents mass distribution, and the fact that its users are smart enough not to run some random executable named "FREE SMILEYS".
Mac users aren't smart enough to figure out how to even run executables in the first place, so they don't have anything to worry about.
Tosi wrote on Sun, 01 May 2011 10:01There are lots of linux viruses, I have written a few. However, you never see them because of lunix's tiny market share which prevents mass distribution, and the fact that its users are smart enough not to run some random executable named "FREE SMILEYS".
Mac users aren't smart enough to figure out how to even run executables in the first place, so they don't have anything to worry about.
I know the reasons that there aren't widespread viruses in the Linux and Mac community, I try not to be the typical braindead Mac user and arrived at being one simply because I was bought a Mac for my birthday and I don't like Windows. Otherwise I'd still be using Fedora on a netbook.
XIX wrote on Sun, 01 May 2011 17:16199.48.147.36, why aren't you at your post?
It's TK421 XIX, and I am glad I am not the only one that thought of that.
Hi,
So, I was aware that site "admins" had rights to see some of the privacy information. I never though they could release it to the public:
http://fail.wetgenes.com/src/130270452244.jpg
That is desu_boku on his alt account using his admin privileges to release private information about a users ip.
Private info should be kept private and bad forum admins should be at least warned about this.
Erik
IPV6 will make this even less so and also more user specific.
Every site you visit must be given this information and it is very hard to stop it from leaking to users of these sites. Ever clicked on an image in chat? that site now has your ip.
If you care about this, then you need to route all your web traffic through a bouncer/anonymizer.
We try not leak ips, in this case the forum software used displays this information to anyone given any admin rights. This is not our design choice however it is also not something we intend to fix.
To stop any more complaints about this.
All IPs are now displayed publicly in the forum to everyone.
the IP was posted to prove a point that your ip is public, and a ip is not "locked on" to one person
he then stated the only way to get someones ip is to get it from having admin rights...
he also stated he only ever uses 1 ip, and pointed out he has used 25
he also said he would tell me the ip he is using, so i saved him the trouble
To stop any more complaints about this.
All IPs are now displayed publicly in the forum to everyone.
no u damnit
Not "we'll leak everyone's IPs to make it fair"
Pffft you could DOS this server with home dialup.
banning people starts to get risky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vMfzcesI90
If you think that you can keep your IP a secret then you are a moron.
You always have to tell someone, right now you are broadcasting this information to everyone.
If you wish to hide this information then you will need to put a trusted 3rd party between you and the rest of the world. We can not provide this service for you.
This is, as I said earlier, going to get 100x worse with IPV6.
Consider this a wakeup call.
One person whined about his being shown so you will solve the problem by exposing everyone else indiscriminately. Way to just go and throw urine in my eyes.
One person whined about his being shown so you will solve the problem by exposing everyone else indiscriminately. Way to just go and throw urine in my eyes.
Now you mention it, I would actually prefer it if people suffered DDoS rather than this website.
So that's another valid reason to publish them.
If you wish to hide this information then you will need to put a trusted 3rd party between you and the rest of the world. We can not provide this service for you.
Nobody wants their ip on public display, and always having to use a proxy before visiting the forums is an inconvenience. Change this back please thanks in advance.
To make it easier to track down anyone connecting through a public bouncer,
If they connect through a public bouncer and you know that bouncers IP then so can you.
Forced pants sharing.
If you are expecting the internet to keep your IP a secret then you will be terribly disappointed.
The idea that you would trust an owner of any website you have visited more than any random person is silly.
Obfuscation is not security, you need to be aware of what information you are sharing rather than simply being told that "you can trust me".
The fact that I need an mailing address to use the postal system does not mean everybody should know it.
The fact that I need an mailing address to use the postal system does not mean everybody should know it.
It is not your address, it is a POBOX number.
Everyone you connect to on the internet has to know this information.
You are not anonymous, if you want to be anonymous then you will need to do something about it.
Like I said, this is not my initial design choice but the more I talk to you the more I feel that I should not go out of my way to hide your IPs as it just gives you a false sense of security.
So congratulations on pushing me one step further along that path.
I give some companies my Social Security number and full details. There is a reason they don't publish them.
This is still not a reason to make it public.
Since words don't seem to work when explaining why this is stupid, let me see if pictures help. Here, two helpful Venn diagrams;
This is not an improvement.
Jshaw995 wrote on Wed, 20 April 2011 08:03WetRequests is now "Wetfuckoff
Jshaw995 wrote on Wed, 20 April 2011 08:03is now
it's kinda always been that way
where've you been
These are good things, the internet is not meant to be centralised.
How the fuck is anyone supposed to do that when people believe their IP is precious.
So yeah, fuck off jshaw, we will try not to miss your massive positive contribution.
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That's what I was answering to
That's what I was answering to
I bet magnus has quite a lot of videos on his computer.
Heh.
They get a slightly better class of virus.
Windows viri are pure chav.
Mac users aren't smart enough to figure out how to even run executables in the first place, so they don't have anything to worry about.
Mac users aren't smart enough to figure out how to even run executables in the first place, so they don't have anything to worry about.
I know the reasons that there aren't widespread viruses in the Linux and Mac community, I try not to be the typical braindead Mac user and arrived at being one simply because I was bought a Mac for my birthday and I don't like Windows. Otherwise I'd still be using Fedora on a netbook.
sudo make me a sandwich
why are ips still displayed
why are ips still displayed
hush 98.197.29.176
It's TK421 XIX, and I am glad I am not the only one that thought of that.
The courts never cease to amaze me.