http://commdashon.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/so-i-got-this-girls-ip-address/ A commentary on the modern day state of media and communication. Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:29:28 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://commdashon.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/so-i-got-this-girls-ip-address/#comment-16 johnminbiole Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:00:38 +0000 http://commdashon.wordpress.com/?p=18#comment-16 Hi, John here. There's a great blog posting in "Bits" in the New York Times: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/07/the-privacy-risk-from-the-courts/ Saul Hansell nicely points out that an IP address, on its own, cannot point to a single person, until it is cross-referenced with other pieces of information, such as that from an internet service provider, who may be forced by a court order to perform such a cross-reference to point to a single user at a particular time. Hi, John here. There’s a great blog posting in “Bits” in the New York Times: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/07/the-privacy-risk-from-the-courts/
Saul Hansell nicely points out that an IP address, on its own, cannot point to a single person, until it is cross-referenced with other pieces of information, such as that from an internet service provider, who may be forced by a court order to perform such a cross-reference to point to a single user at a particular time.

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