"Aluxe" <aluxelocochon@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:dpvkonxs8q77.3yud78hztcn6$.dlg@40tude.net...
> On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:49:33 -0800, Dana wrote:
> >> 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.
>
> Not true. I go into my newsreader and change the name for each topic that
I
> ask (I ask about once a month or so to solve a particularly vexing
> problem).
>
> I never use the same name twice. I just randomly pick them.
>
> Just like I pull the curtain shut when I dress in the dressing room, I
> enjoy my privacy even when I try on clothes.
>
> The usenet analogy is I change my pseudonym even when I ask a question
that
> can be seen by ten thousand people for ten years or more. I don't want one
> of these questions embarrassing me in the future, for example, with my
kids
> (I post to more than just the technical groups).
>
> I think you've agreed with me that the IP address is the only other factor
> that can easily trace me with a simple search.

No.
There are other parts of the header that can be used to track you. As it is
IP addresses are the most common item that people change, followed closely
by their email address, and their posting name.
Google groups search function makes it easy to track a poster. And if people
really wanted they can run programs to search for your posts based on your
language style. It would take time, but it can be done.

>
> Now the technical question really is how to force the router to do a PPOE
> dialup on command without having to unplug it and plug it back in. Is this
> the right newsgroup to ask that technical question?

Doing that will not give you the privacy you think it would. It seems you
have other reasons why you may want to hide yourself, kind of like what
spammers, and mass mailers, and other unsavory people try to do.

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