Tag: ip address

Court seeks IP address from Twitter for account allegedly linked to Seth Rich conspiracy

U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna Ryu of Oakland, CA has issued a subpoena to Twitter asking the social media platform to provide the IP address and account registration information used to create and operate the Twitter account that has been established as the first link to an allegedly forged FBI document which some say is the … Continue reading “Court seeks IP address from Twitter for account allegedly linked to Seth Rich conspiracy”

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  • Apr 16, 2020 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, VPN,

How often does your IP address change without a VPN?

A new study on IP address has been released.  Specifically, the study looks at IP address retention periods of internet service providers (ISPs) around the world. The study is titled: “Don’t count me out: On the relevance of IP addresses in the tracking ecosystem” and was conducted by Vikas Mishra, Pierre Laperdrix, Antoine Vastel, Walter … Continue reading “How often does your IP address change without a VPN?”

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  • Sep 23, 2016 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • General Privacy News, Governments,

EFF to law enforcement (and judges): Please remember that an IP address is not enough evidence for a search warrant or subpoena

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has released a whitepaper titled: Unreliable Informants: IP Addresses, Digital Tips and Police Raids. The EFF asks law enforcement to consider IP address “evidence” as nothing more than a rumor floating around the Internet and to please “conduct additional investigation to verify and corroborate the physical location” before applying for … Continue reading “EFF to law enforcement (and judges): Please remember that an IP address is not enough evidence for a search warrant or subpoena”

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