Thursday, March 26, 2009

On-line IP Tagging....3/30

The neat little trick that Essent used to pick up my IP address is the same one that can bite your butt.



If you go from this site to the Essent site to check your paystub without totally dumping out of your browser, it will show up that you were 'logged to the blog.' And, they'll have your IP along with your employee number.



Can we spell pink-slip?



Also, if you've been cruzin' through their websites looking for neat quotes and stuff, they already have your IP, just matching it to a name is what they want to do.



So, how does one find anonymity? Laptops from a hotspot, check your stub at work, or from the library. There are also ways to shed that nasty IP. More on that, later.



And, if they really push the issue, how secure is your computer? Who has access to it? I'd imagine several people, so it might not have been you at all.

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Whoops...so, if they have your IP address, do they have you? And if so, will they move forward with another lawsuit citing defamation?

fac_p said...

If they have your IP from swapping back and forth from the blog to an Essent site, and then you log on to check your paystub, then they might have a 'series of circumstances leading to a...conclusion'.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the warning, Frank. I hope all the employees are hip to this.

Anonymous said...

No worries there- I haven't worked at PRMC for quite a while, so their chances of firing me are zilch. Unless they want to slap me & take away my birthday, they can go pound sand.

Anonymous said...

no fears of prmc and essent's efforts to control the thoughts of an entire community. get a life, ducks...you've got much bigger fish to fry than trying to shut down a harmless blog.

Anonymous said...

I have a "friend" who is interested (VERY!!) in any/all information in regards to shedding IPs. Can you point me...oops her in the right direction for information on this?

fac_p said...

Remember, if you suddenly start logging in (for pay stubs) using an anonymous server, that in itself will raise suspicions.

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