Re:A Digital Rumor Should Never Lead to a Police Raid
by YeGoblynQueenne on Friday September 23, 2016 @07:12AM
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The point is that an IP address is not part of a physical person in the same way that their race is.
Anyone can use my laptop and "have" the same IP as myself.
In truth, nobody "has" an IP address. A computer has an IP address. Who can tell who is using a particular computer at a given time just by looking at an IP address?
In that sense an IP address is a way, way more tenuous connection to a physical person than a description of (apparent) race and gender.
Anyone can use my laptop and "have" the same IP as myself.
In truth, nobody "has" an IP address. A computer has an IP address. Who can tell who is using a particular computer at a given time just by looking at an IP address?
In that sense an IP address is a way, way more tenuous connection to a physical person than a description of (apparent) race and gender.