On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:13:35 GMT, Aluxe <aluxelocochon@yahoo.com> wrote
in <10ttexze4eqnv$.1qiaxnv3efv7t.dlg@40tude.net>:

>> What possible threats do you think changing IP address
>> is protecting you from ?
>
>Why do they have little walls between the phones on the wall at the hotel
>lobby?
>
>This is a little way to protect your conversation from prying ears.
>
>Why does my hatchback have a sliding cover over it. Another little way to
>protect privacy.
>
>I'm hoping that changing my IP address prevents a casual observer from
>taking all my usenet posts and figuring out who I am, where I work, where i
>live, who is my spouse, what I do for a living, etc.
>
>Doesn't it make it harder for you to track all my usenet posts?
>Can you easily track the last five hundred of my usenet posts otherwise?

Changing your IP won't have any real bearing on that.

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