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A comment on Ask HN: Any felons successfully found IT work post-release?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: Any felons successfully found IT work post-release? by woodruffw on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @05:09PM (#38860555)
No, they don't do this. It's not even clear how they would; the closest thing would be merging based on IP or fingerprinting, but both are extremely noisy.
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Re:Ask HN: Any felons successfully found IT work post-release? by thaumasiotes on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @05:15PM (#38860601)
You can easily demonstrate to yourself that they do.

And the situation here is that felon_in_texas visits HN in his usual manner, views a topic he wants to comment on, creates an account on the spot, and leaves his comment. How noisy do you think the IP identification can be?

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Re:Ask HN: Any felons successfully found IT work post-release? by felon_in_texas on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @08:01PM (#38861860)
Very noisy, because I'm not concerned about HN. Not the first time I've used an alt, whether as a throwaway or logging in via my employer's account. I have comfort in HN's integrity when I'm not abusing the privilege.
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Re:Ask HN: Any felons successfully found IT work post-release? by arp242 on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @05:26PM (#38860706)
> You can easily demonstrate to yourself that they do.

How?

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Re:Ask HN: Any felons successfully found IT work post-release? by woodruffw on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @06:49PM (#38861369)
Extremely, if they’re on CGNAT. Or live in a house with more than one person.

Please be precise about how I can demonstrate this to myself.

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Re:Ask HN: Any felons successfully found IT work post-release? by dnissley on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @05:27PM (#38860717)
How then? No need to be cagey
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