Re: Online impersonation
On Thursday, 24 May 2018 at 06:32:23 UTC, Dukc wrote: On Wednesday, 23 May 2018 at 17:31:40 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote: The IP address is included in the headers of the newsgroup. All of them came from the same IP. I have a filter on my thunderbird client to flag certain IPs, and his was added to the list recently. Then again, it's possible they're family members or neighbours using the same IP. How likely this is, I won't comment. I don't this is a case of inpersonation if you're right, since the aliases have not been trying to inpersonate any real, exact person. But dishonourable action nonetheless. It was quite obvious that KingJoffrey could be the sock puppeteer as he was childish and unreasonable all along the thread about private class members.
Re: Online impersonation
On Thursday, 24 May 2018 at 06:32:23 UTC, Dukc wrote: On Wednesday, 23 May 2018 at 17:31:40 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote: The IP address is included in the headers of the newsgroup. All of them came from the same IP. I have a filter on my thunderbird client to flag certain IPs, and his was added to the list recently. Then again, it's possible they're family members or neighbours using the same IP. How likely this is, I won't comment. I don't this is a case of inpersonation if you're right, since the aliases have not been trying to inpersonate any real, exact person. But dishonourable action nonetheless. There was a post impersonating Steven, but I can't see it now so I guess it was removed.
Re: Online impersonation
On 24/05/2018 6:32 PM, Dukc wrote: On Wednesday, 23 May 2018 at 17:31:40 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote: The IP address is included in the headers of the newsgroup. All of them came from the same IP. I have a filter on my thunderbird client to flag certain IPs, and his was added to the list recently. Then again, it's possible they're family members or neighbours using the same IP. How likely this is, I won't comment. It's a dynamic IP, so it'll be invalid sooner rather than later.
Re: Online impersonation
On Wednesday, 23 May 2018 at 17:31:40 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote: The IP address is included in the headers of the newsgroup. All of them came from the same IP. I have a filter on my thunderbird client to flag certain IPs, and his was added to the list recently. Then again, it's possible they're family members or neighbours using the same IP. How likely this is, I won't comment. I don't this is a case of inpersonation if you're right, since the aliases have not been trying to inpersonate any real, exact person. But dishonourable action nonetheless.
Re: Online impersonation
On 5/23/18 1:19 PM, Bastiaan Veelo wrote: On Wednesday, 23 May 2018 at 12:32:50 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote: I'm just going to warn everyone here that one person is posting as KingJoffrey, VectorThis, Grady Booch, FuckYou, and in this thread he is impersonating 12345swordy, and in others he has impersonated WalterBright as well. Auch! I presume you are able to conclude this from looking at logs etc, The IP address is included in the headers of the newsgroup. All of them came from the same IP. I have a filter on my thunderbird client to flag certain IPs, and his was added to the list recently. thanks for letting us know. I wonder if the post in the name of BjarneStroustrup is from the same person. It was. Impersonation is a criminal offense [1] and should not be joked with. It is also difficult to prevent in general. Impersonation of another forum member is possibly easier to detect. Maybe some sort of message signing could be implemented? Even without impersonation, individuals posting under multiple identities can only have unfair intents (especially in the same thread) and it would be nice if the forum could expose this automatically. It is a shame that this would require someone's time that could well be invested elsewhere, but maybe it's just part of growing pains. I would like to see at least an inability to post with the same exact handle/name as someone who has an account with that name. Or at least put such posts through moderation first. -Steve
Online impersonation
On Wednesday, 23 May 2018 at 12:32:50 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote: I'm just going to warn everyone here that one person is posting as KingJoffrey, VectorThis, Grady Booch, FuckYou, and in this thread he is impersonating 12345swordy, and in others he has impersonated WalterBright as well. -Steve Auch! I presume you are able to conclude this from looking at logs etc, thanks for letting us know. I wonder if the post in the name of BjarneStroustrup is from the same person. Impersonation is a criminal offense [1] and should not be joked with. It is also difficult to prevent in general. Impersonation of another forum member is possibly easier to detect. Maybe some sort of message signing could be implemented? Even without impersonation, individuals posting under multiple identities can only have unfair intents (especially in the same thread) and it would be nice if the forum could expose this automatically. It is a shame that this would require someone's time that could well be invested elsewhere, but maybe it's just part of growing pains. [1] https://sharpcriminalattorney.com/internet-crimes/4971/online-impersonation-the-little-brother-of-identity-theft/
