On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 05:09:06 GMT, in alt.internet.wireless , Aluxe
<aluxelocochon@yahoo.com> wrote:

>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).

Sure, its harder if you change your handle. The point is you can't do
this with an IP address. You can't search usenet for IPs. You can
search whois for them but the info isn't specific to you, only to your
ISP.

You could of course set up your own newsserver with infinite retention
(and a couple of petabytes of diskspace) and capture every message.
You could then search for the IP, and determine all the handles you'd
used. Again, useless information.

>Just like I pull the curtain shut when I dress in the dressing room, I
>enjoy my privacy even when I try on clothes.

I give up. You are obviously paranoid, and nothing we say will
persuade you that you're chasing chimeras. Please do yourself a
favour.

>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 they haven't. They've DISAGREED TOTALLY with that hypothesis.

Please actually try this. Try tracing yourself from your IP. The very
best you can get is the town you live in and your ISP. In your case
somewhere with an acronym of pltn13.
--
Mark McIntyre