IMC recording IP's - the truth at last
Now we know why the AR people got fucked | 10.02.2009 14:39
For some time people in activist and AR circles have been unsure how the police managed to track down people when they had posted to Indymedia because Indy has always stated it does not record IP details of those posting. To be blunt a lot us simply didn't believe that and today the truth has been revealed by mistake.
At present the admins are having one of their periodical arguments and this time it's because long time admin Ben has had his admin account disabled by Sheffield 9/11 troofer Chris (a member of the "special admin" group - ever thought there were no inner circles in Indy LOL !) As a result Ben has complained and in passing mentioned the turning on and off of the IP log.
At least now we know why the cops were able to arrest the AR activists recenty and why the Indy server was seized.
Will imc admit this ?
Will they take actions to rectifiy the error ?
Will they offer an apology to those people who thought they were posting without record ?
Will they hide this post and try to pretend it never happened ?
My money is on the last one
The details below show the orginal email from Ben and the exact words he used in case it gets "lost" as the other AR information .
At present the admins are having one of their periodical arguments and this time it's because long time admin Ben has had his admin account disabled by Sheffield 9/11 troofer Chris (a member of the "special admin" group - ever thought there were no inner circles in Indy LOL !) As a result Ben has complained and in passing mentioned the turning on and off of the IP log.
At least now we know why the cops were able to arrest the AR activists recenty and why the Indy server was seized.
Will imc admit this ?
Will they take actions to rectifiy the error ?
Will they offer an apology to those people who thought they were posting without record ?
Will they hide this post and try to pretend it never happened ?
My money is on the last one
The details below show the orginal email from Ben and the exact words he used in case it gets "lost" as the other AR information .
http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/imc-uk-moderation/2009-February/0210-1k.html A few weeks ago phunkee wrote in the admin notice board,
>ben please report your hides after I had written a similar note
>about somebody turning on/off the IP log without reporting it.
Now we know why the AR people got fucked
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full of shit
10.02.2009 15:06
the IP log thing that you refer to is used occasionally to find mass spammers and to stop them. you'd be pissed if they didn't, as this post would be swimming in a sea of spam. You seem to want to name people here, when that's not really the issue.
If you have a problem with indymedia, then fuck off and use the guardian or sell the SWP.
Anybody who does tech work gets accused of being 'above' other people, and being involved seems to make people hate you for making efforts. If you don't like the service these people provide (for free) to help you and me, the get involved rather than just moaning. you are a very angry person who needs a slap.
So, Should this post be removed because it's full of shit.
i'd say yes.
iggy.