Changing your IP addy is fine the first time, however even with a... ummm... can't remember what they're called but it basically rotates your IP around...
Anyway, even if you have one of them, you can be traced. I know this beacuse I used to monitor new applications for a game, and even if someone moved locations to have a completely different IP, the chances are there's a dupe tracer which will show up if you have been on the same IP as someone else, and there's probably something that flags anyone on the same IP as a banned member.
No, it's not possible to get around it, as you only have to be careless once. I used to track and ban one particular site member on a regular basis on the game I played. He kept coming back, I kept banning him. Never took me more than a couple of days to track him down.
This question was one that would come up from time to time from new and old site members of the game, and the answer was always the same: They get checked.
Anyway... Hi to Sylvainfemale. Welcome to the forums.
The IP is basically the computer "address" of your net connection.
There's a set number of IP addresses that can be used by any company. They buy blocks of addresses and use them for their users. So, your ISP (Internet Service Providor) assigns you an address, or gives you access to a dynamic IP (I remembered... Finally) which rotates around, but will remain linked to any other IP you have used if you use the right programme to log access to sites like this.
It doesn't matter if you change computers or have multiple computers through a router. If you're using the same ISP and the same modem, your address will remain the same. There will be a unique set of IP addresses that have only come from your location in the case of the dynamic IP. If you change your ISP or your modem, it will remain linked to your account and sit alongside all the other IPs you have used.
Basically, it's like caller ID for computers...Except systems are smart enough to know that it's you, even if you change your number.
Oh, and before I forget, some actually contain a location code in them too, so you can basically see if someone signs up from Glasgow but says they're in Liverpool for instance...
I can't believe I used to track these things as part of a hobby.
It says where you are. Says where you are if you change where you are too. It even knows if you change who you get your net from.
Better?
If in doubt... RTFM. Oh sorry... You're a man. You don't do that. :twisted:
That's entirely possible Beannie, however given the strictness of the site about banned members and Munches or socials, it suggests to me that they do keep an eye on who signs up.
Even if you change your e-mail address, a simple IP logger will find out if you're a banned member or not fairly easily. Even if you sign up from another location, chances are that at some point you will use the same location/IP as the banned account.
Fortunately for those of us that have to check on these things on whichever site we play with, people are generally either stupid, forgetful or just downright arrogant and think they won't get caught.
Hi been following this thread for a bit, there is a problem with banning IP (internet protocol) addresses, they are not unique, to put it simply there are not enough IP addy's to go round so service providers customers have to share IP's. I know of at least 2 that had the same IP as me before they changed service providers. Looking up an IP addy does not always give accurate geographic details mine used to give Liverpool as the location, yet I'm in the Wakefield area of West Yorkshire. The ISP's server I connect to is in Liverpool. Can individuals be traced, yes of course, but not with IP addy's alone information about individuals is contained in the data packets you send to the ISP this info is then used to route the downloaded data to the correct PC.
In answer to the OP yes, a banned member could be lurking here, how?
Simple, change ISP and change the billing details ie. get some one else to pay for it at a different address and a new user name.
Your incorrect comment about changing a PC to get a new IP, then saying "I'm making it up as I go along"
Thank you for your insight
Thanks for all your replies - I felt most welcome as a "newbie"!! Just to clarify, the question I posed was purely a generic one, with no reference to any particular member. I was merely considering my personal safety, when meeeting a stranger for sex. Needn't have bothered though, as guy banged the living daylights out of me for 4 glorious hours!! I smugly informed my best mate the following day that I had not been , de-capitated and buried by a total stranger - as she clearly assumed all guys on this site must be dodgy!! As for my next "meeting" - bring it on!!!
Flower you are so jaded
but hey you know you could be right. It could all be a cunning plan
Love yer stuff - well most of it :lol2: respect
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