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IP addresses are metadata - and don't require search warrants, meaning they are fair game for dragnet surveillance. Tapping into a backbone, a la Room 641A, can
by overfeed 5mo ago
IP addresses are metadata - and don't require search warrants, meaning they are fair game for dragnet surveillance. Tapping into a backbone, a la Room 641A, can be used to cross-reference timestamped public posts on an anonymous message board to other data sources (e.g. subpoena Netflix for payer based of Netflix's access logs from VPN exit IPs)
- illiac786 5mo agoplease read the thread again. The parent said “it is not a high bar to own a website where a user is entering personal data”. I strongly disagree, although “high” is obviously not measurable. Maybe I should again be more specific, again. high bar for me is, you need to be a state sponsored hacker basically, or a large criminal organisation. Or a single, very skilled and high motivated person maybe.