Forum owner stalked me on the internet

[gguerra]

Originally Posted by tassity22

It actually is anonymous. That's part of the problem with it. For example, do you know what my real name is? No, you don't.

It's not about me knowing your name , it's about big brother or worse, hackers. Assuming I have access to the necessary information, I can find out who you are. Let me give you an example. The software that runs behind City Data forums keeps track of your visits and logs each page you open. It also logs your IP address. With that IP address, I can do an IP Whois search and find out exactly who owns said IP. Let's say it's AT&T. The ISP (AT&T) knows who has which IP address at any given day and time. With this information, you can be tracked right to your physical address. Assuming you were engaging in illegal activity, you could have the police knocking on your door in short period of time. Of course, if you have more than one person using the internet in your house, they wouldn't know exactly who but could narrow it down pretty quickly. This is what I mean about not being anonymous. The casual user does not care what your name is but your activities could be easily tracked and maybe already are. Most of us do not know what is happening "behind the scenes" on our own PC's. You could be running malware and not even know it. That's from the hackers perspective but there are plenty of legal ways your could be tracked for marketing purposes and more.

This is just the tip of the iceberg. It's not about someone knowing your name, that's not what I meant.

Can You Really Be Anonymous Online?

[sholomar]

I suggest he stop stalking people and mind his own business. .. you never know when you might come across someone who is a psychopath or doesn't take kindly to being stalked and might go "postal" ... pick your battles more carefully. Being a forum owner doesn't give you any special power. I'm assuming your stalker will read this thread and see this post thus my posting it.

I suggest you not make up scenerios in your head that may or may not be true. Pretend this person doesn't exist and ignore them unless they actually track you down in real life, that's what a CCW is for.

[leadingedge04]

Being followed on the internet? Get off the internet.

[education explorer]

Originally Posted by leadingedge04

Being followed on the internet? Get off the internet.

It's my right to be on the internet. You can tell him not to stalk which is illegal.

EdX