"Aluxe" <aluxelocochon@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 23:42:17 +0100, Mark McIntyre wrote:
> > They can't figure any of that out from an IP, no matter how hard they
> > try. The best someone can do from your IP is work out which town
> > you're posting from.
>
> Hi Mark,
> Are you sure about that?

Yes.
As a test run a whois on the ip assigned to your computer right now.
You will find that it is assigned to your ISP and your name will be no where
to be found associated with that IP.
Now if you do a graphical trace route on that IP, it may get you down to
your town and that is about it.

>
> It seems to me that even I could save usenet posts and then save the IP
> address and from that, I could find EVERY post you ever posted

Google search can do that just by typing in the name you post under.