[BNM] Wikipedia - IP paranoia

[Antony Jones]

But now I am completely paranoid about how much of what we write on the
web can be tracked back to an IP address. For example, can an IP be
associated to message boards posts too? I'm almost scared to google it.

Yes.

I would guess that 80% of sites on the internet record your ip so that
it can be used to block you if you cause a problem, and is also used for
tracking of user habits etc. You will always be tracked by your ip.

Antony Jones
Developer
 
Gamesys Limited
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: bnmlist-bounces at brightonnewmedia.org [mailto:bnmlist-
> bounces at brightonnewmedia.org] On Behalf Of matt zb
> Sent: 01 February 2007 12:45
> To: Brighton New Media
> Subject: [BNM] Wikipedia - IP paranoia
> 
> 
> We've had a little telling off from Wikipedia this week:
> 
> "Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia.
Wikipedia is
> not a mere directory of links nor should it be used for advertising or
> promotion. Inappropriate links include (but are not limited to) links
to
> personal web sites, links to web sites with which you are affiliated,
and
> links that exist to attract visitors to a web site or promote a
> product..."
> 
> We all share the same IP address at LL, so in looking to see what
they're
> on
> about, I have discovered there is a complete record of every
modification
> anyone in our office has ever made to Wikipedia, which is publicly
> available
> to anyone who knows our IP.
> 
> The link added was purely innocuous, and the warning probably had more
to
> do
> with WikiPedia's intention to become a link drain[*] than being in any
way
> "inappropriate".
> 
> But now I am completely paranoid about how much of what we write on
the
> web
> can be tracked back to an IP address. For example, can an IP be
associated
> to message boards posts too? I'm almost scared to google it.
> 
> mzb
> 
> [* http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2007-01-22-n21.html ]
> 
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