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> And most IPV4 addresses are vague and only give a coarse location of where you are That's not true, you can request/compel Frontier to tell you what specific

> And most IPV4 addresses are vague and only give a coarse location of where you are That's not true, you can request/compel Frontier to tell you what specific customer that IP was assigned to at a given time. > and they're typically shared among many others so an IP is not a guaranteed signal that it was 'you' who pirated stuff. Most residential ISPs in the states have 1 ipv4 (and possibly ipv6) assigned per customer and don't CGNAT, from my brief research Frontier doesn't seem to use CGNAT at least for residential internet.

rpmisms 3y ago
The FBI contacted me over a shitpost on Reddit using this exact process. Hilarious, but also very concerning.
- delichon 3y ago
  Was there plausibly a threat in it? If it took the visit to realize that you're not very anonymous on the internet, you owe them for the lesson.
  - rpmisms 3y ago
    No, I know the line and have always been careful not to cross it. On the contrary, I resent them for the Gestapo tactics in retaliation for legal speech. I'm aware of my relative lack of anonymity online. You don't know who I am, I'm absolutely positive the feds do.
    - pyuser583 3y ago
      I’m not trying to be creepy or anything, but I clicked on your user name, and your profile has what looks like a real name on it.
      - rpmisms 3y ago
        Yes, it seems like that's my real name, doesn't it?
notpushkin 3y ago
> to tell you what specific customer that IP was assigned to at a given time Provided they keep such logs (which they probably shouldn't, unless required by law).
- declaredapple 3y ago
  For security purposes you should of course assume they do indefinitely. In practice I'm pretty sure every US ISP does, at least on the timescale of 30d+. I don't think the US officially has a retention requirement but I think Canada does. Comcast is 180 days - https://www.xfinity.com/-/media/4231839e374c4f618b2d34004d50987c https://www.xfinity.com/-/media/4231839e374c4f618b2d34004d50... I could not find a specific number for Frontier - https://content.frontier.com/-/jssmedia/documents/corporate/policies/frontier-communications-subpoena-compliance.pdf https://content.frontier.com/-/jssmedia/documents/corporate/...

rpmisms 3y ago

The FBI contacted me over a shitpost on Reddit using this exact process. Hilarious, but also very concerning.

delichon 3y ago
Was there plausibly a threat in it? If it took the visit to realize that you're not very anonymous on the internet, you owe them for the lesson.
- rpmisms 3y ago
  No, I know the line and have always been careful not to cross it. On the contrary, I resent them for the Gestapo tactics in retaliation for legal speech. I'm aware of my relative lack of anonymity online. You don't know who I am, I'm absolutely positive the feds do.
  - pyuser583 3y ago
    I’m not trying to be creepy or anything, but I clicked on your user name, and your profile has what looks like a real name on it.
    - rpmisms 3y ago
      Yes, it seems like that's my real name, doesn't it?

notpushkin 3y ago

> to tell you what specific customer that IP was assigned to at a given time Provided they keep such logs (which they probably shouldn't, unless required by law).

declaredapple 3y ago
For security purposes you should of course assume they do indefinitely. In practice I'm pretty sure every US ISP does, at least on the timescale of 30d+. I don't think the US officially has a retention requirement but I think Canada does. Comcast is 180 days - https://www.xfinity.com/-/media/4231839e374c4f618b2d34004d50987c https://www.xfinity.com/-/media/4231839e374c4f618b2d34004d50... I could not find a specific number for Frontier - https://content.frontier.com/-/jssmedia/documents/corporate/policies/frontier-communications-subpoena-compliance.pdf https://content.frontier.com/-/jssmedia/documents/corporate/...