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Re:Satoshi leaked his Los Angeles IP address (2016) by sktrdie on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @02:32PM (#29728986)
Yeah but leaking such data from an ISP would be considered illegal.
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Re:Satoshi leaked his Los Angeles IP address (2016) by mmastrac on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @05:31PM (#29730954)
Why would that be illegal? Data like this is bought and sold daily.

(Not condoning this, but privacy laws in the US are pretty weak)

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Re:Satoshi leaked his Los Angeles IP address (2016) by KiranRao0 on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @02:49PM (#29729167)
Is there some "legal process" (subpoena, etc) that could reveal this?
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Re:Satoshi leaked his Los Angeles IP address (2016) by ncmncm on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @03:13PM (#29729413)
The spooks know, anyway. They don't even need to ask anybody.
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