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So does this mean then that if someone appears to be using my IP to do illegal thing x y z police/lawyers would come at me first? If so, would simply having an
by salad-tycoon 3y ago
So does this mean then that if someone appears to be using my IP to do illegal thing x y z police/lawyers would come at me first?
If so, would simply having an account and exe file be enough to argue “my wifi is open, I didn’t download all that XYZ!”
- eddythompson80 3y agoBy the time the police comes at you because of your home IP, they usually have collected a lot more evidence than that. That's why torrenting from your home without a VPN usually just results in a letter from your ISP saying "we know what you're doing. cut it out". No body has ever been convicted with their home IP as the only evidence.
- greyface- 3y agohttps://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/04/04/472992023/when-a-dark-web-volunteer-gets-raided-by-the-police https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/04/04/47... Convicted? No. Raided? Yes.
- eddythompson80 3y agoOf course, you get raided most likely once they have sufficient evidence that they'll be able to collect incriminating evidence. Your IP might be enough to get a warrant, but they'll need a lot more to build a case in court. Hence the raid, confiscation of servers, etc.
- autoexec 3y agohttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/unprotected-wi-fi-getting-owners-in-trouble/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/unprotected-wi-fi-getting-owner...