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Is it still unusual for a home to have an IPV6 address? And if it's assigned as needed by the ISP, how often might they be recycled (regardless of the actual l

by a3n 6y ago

Is it still unusual for a home to have an IPV6 address? And if it's assigned as needed by the ISP, how often might they be recycled (regardless of the actual lack of needing to, due to the large address space)?

hundchenkatze 6y ago
Not sure I've still got the same IPv6 address, but even my IPv4 address for my ATT residential account has never changed. I have been assigned the same one since I opened the account 3 years ago.
foolmeonce 6y ago
It's not unusual at all, it is rather less usual to reallocate them regularly and unlikely it was coincidentally allocated to one of the ~1700 households with someone who used the system in question. Nonetheless, I don't see any reason to believe she sent a message. It is quite possible that her previous employer has had access to her computers via organization provided software and/or is also incompetent when it comes to logging. Additionally, they clearly already knew her IP addresses, and she an obvious choice to impersonate. I think a federal agency should take the entire department and state house apart and look for crimes by current state employees and law enforcement. Either that or they can dump these federal "cyber" laws if they can't evenly detect, investigate and prosecute their misuse by individuals and states. On a slightly different tangent, I think this serves as an example for why one should be able to refuse all requirements to use a computer as part of one's work. These kinds of legal risks during and after employment are not reasonable.
- a3n 6y ago
  > It's not unusual at all, it is rather less usual to reallocate them regularly and unlikely it was coincidentally allocated to one of the ~1700 households with someone who used the system in question. Thanks for that. I haven't used anything but my phone's hotspot since around 2013 or 15. Out of touch.

by a3n 6y ago

hundchenkatze 6y ago

Not sure I've still got the same IPv6 address, but even my IPv4 address for my ATT residential account has never changed. I have been assigned the same one since I opened the account 3 years ago.

foolmeonce 6y ago

It's not unusual at all, it is rather less usual to reallocate them regularly and unlikely it was coincidentally allocated to one of the ~1700 households with someone who used the system in question. Nonetheless, I don't see any reason to believe she sent a message. It is quite possible that her previous employer has had access to her computers via organization provided software and/or is also incompetent when it comes to logging. Additionally, they clearly already knew her IP addresses, and she an obvious choice to impersonate. I think a federal agency should take the entire department and state house apart and look for crimes by current state employees and law enforcement. Either that or they can dump these federal "cyber" laws if they can't evenly detect, investigate and prosecute their misuse by individuals and states. On a slightly different tangent, I think this serves as an example for why one should be able to refuse all requirements to use a computer as part of one's work. These kinds of legal risks during and after employment are not reasonable.

a3n 6y ago
> It's not unusual at all, it is rather less usual to reallocate them regularly and unlikely it was coincidentally allocated to one of the ~1700 households with someone who used the system in question. Thanks for that. I haven't used anything but my phone's hotspot since around 2013 or 15. Out of touch.