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> Green Xen> >If I use this laptop in public place, will it be more difficult to figur=
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>me out? There are a lot of open wireless access points available to the
> >public and can be found in many coffee shops. If I use those, will it be
> >easier for me to elude those who are after me? After there are so many
> >people using wireless access points these days.
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> The sort of "fast erasure" laptop you are dreaming about will probably
> not be either easier or harder to track down, than any commercially
> available "off the shelf" model you might buy at a computer dealer.
>
> Consider the fact that most of the "volatility" of the laptop's data -
> the fact that it has no hard disk, that its RAM loses its content when
> the power goes off - makes no difference at all until *after* somebody
> has tracked you down and seized the laptop for inspection. =A0At that
> point, they may be less able to find evidence that it was you who was
> posting hateful gibberish in a chat room... but they'll already have
> found you and will know who you are!
>
> As to using phased-array antenna on your laptop - that might make it
> slightly harder for people to locate you by radio direction finding,
> if they're starting out at random locations. =A0The same would be true
> of any directional antenna on your laptop. =A0However, if they start
> RDF'ing for you from a location near the access point, having a
> directional or phased antenna on your laptop won't help a bit, since
> your antenna will be "beaming" its strongest signal right towards the
> access point. =A0The same problem exists with using a maser (a highly
> impractical idea, by the way - they're big and clunky, and somebody
> would probably ask what you're doing pointing something that looks
> like a bazooka and has liquid-helium tanks at a coffee shop!)
>
> How can they find which access point you're using? =A0Pretty easy! =A0In
> the situation you're thinking of (coffee shops), your postings will
> appear to originate from an IP address which belongs to the coffee
> shop itself. =A0Either the coffee shop will have a range of routable IP
> addresses, one of which is temporarily assigned to your laptop
> (uncommon) or they'll have a single IP address, and your laptop's
> temporary "private network" address will be translated to theirs by
> their router.
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> In either case, your postings can be traced to the coffee shop. =A0If
> you use a bunch of different coffee shops, you'll be revealing
> additional information about your location and habits. =A0If somebody
> really wants to locate you, they can... every time you start posting,
> the access point's location can be determined. =A0Post a few times from
> a few different locations, and somebody can correlate those times,
> and start looking at security-camera footage to see which individuals
> were near those locations at those times.
>
> If you annoy people enough, they'll be able to find you.
>
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Is it possible to use fake IP addresses that will make it look like I'm posting from an entirely different part of the world -- without getting anyone else into trouble?
I don't want anyone -- including me -- to get into trouble for the stuff I say in chat rooms. If someone else gets into trouble, my sympathy for them will be overbearing and I might eventually feel the need to confess.
I support individuals, I don't want any individual to be harmed by my text.
How do I do this?
Also, is it possible to use an IP address that will not yield results when looked up.