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In court precedent is an ip address doesn't equal a person.

• Ansil849 5y ago
  No, but in a subpoena it is.
• KennyBlanken 5y ago
  ...because that IP address is just the public side of a NAT'ing router, likely a wifi router. If you're logged into a VPN, that IP is much more likely to be you, since you had to authenticate to it and you're very unlikely to share the account particulars like you would your wifi password with friends/family/neighbors.
  • blendergeek 5y ago
    This particular discussion surrounds anonymously using a VPN. In this scenario, your VPN does not know who you are. So, even though you have to authenticate, your privacy is still preserved.
• IanSanders 5y ago
  Sadly I cannot remember the specific case but seem to remembeer at least one occasion where it did