hummingbird wrote:

>
> On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:04:57 +0100 (CET) 'Anonymous'
> wrote this on alt.comp.freeware:
> >you're argue that someone who knows
> >your IP address really doesn't know who you are
>
> Which is a fact.

Only by the most narrow, cherry picked definition of "fact".

To an attacker it's as good as a fingerprint. To law enforcement it is.

But please, don't let reality encroach on a perfectly good semantics
quibble.

>
> Even if you use a real-life name, that still doesn't tell anybody
> who you really are. I've been doing it for years. People often use
> fake real-life names to satisfy and fool stalkers.

You at least managed to get that much right. From headers are almost
universally arbitrary strings under total control of the sender.
They're irrelevant.

IP addresses are another matter entirely. You can't type random digits
in the "IP" field and expect them to stick.