Title: If anyone wants their IP info purged let me know Source:
[None] URL Source:[None] Published:Jun 12, 2012 Author:A K A Stone Post Date:2012-06-12 08:15:33 by A K A Stone Keywords:None Views:22404 Comments:64
I will purge anyones ip info if they want it purged. It will build up again over time but the past ip numbers will be deleted. Just ask.
Most likely as Neil outlined above, you're granted "Trusted" status in the software settings, so it's not just a one time purge but a continuous process.
I hope you all realize that if anyone here is a target of NSA/FBI, the feds will be recording and storing every packet in and out of here. They are tied directly to every internet backbone as we've known since the Bush era.
Purging the logs may provide limited protection against subpoenas in a lawsuit, like a libel lawsuit. But no one is posting their real identity here. If they did, I'd recommend that Stone ban them. There is a rising issue over online libel and making everyone stay anonymous is the best protection.
Given that Stone is allowing Google (and others) to spider-search this site to add the results to their search engine, that means it's all available for a number of years in the Google cache and Coral and others.
If we were federal targets in a serious investigation, either Stone and/or Neil would be issued national security letters to force them to allow access and to never tell anyone, including the target or to complain to any court about it (since that might tip off the target). And being located overseas doesn't make you safe either unless you're in a major hostile nation that won't extradite (Russia, China, etc.). But most any country would sell you out or they have an extradition treaty.
You simply cannot be too paranoid online any more. Sad really.
If you're thinking this all sounds a bit too much like a world government that is also a totally wired Big Brother, well...yep.
Besides, it would be kind of fun pulling out a copy of the Constitution in court.
Don't they search you for that kind of contraband before they let you in?
I went to court for driving without a licenses on time. There were several maybe 10. Anyway I was defending myself this time. I kept bringing up the constitution. The judge called me back for a side bar or whatever you call it. He told me that I wasn't going to tell the jury that they had the right to determine if the law was constitutional. I tried to make my case but they kept interupting me. I showed the jury a copy of the constitution. I said I guess the constitution is of no effect in this court. Then I ripped it in half. And I said I rest my case. I lost.
