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Re: Re: Re: Increased number of downvotes at the Monastery? (no)

by theorbtwo (Prior)
on Mar 11, 2004 at 18:14 UTC ( [id://335918]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: Re: Increased number of downvotes at the Monastery? (no)
in thread Increased number of downvotes at the Monastery?

The concept of hiding anything from the gods is superficial. There are only two things keeping the gods from being truely all powerful and all knowing. The first is technical feasibility. The second is their own judgement.

In this case, it's perfectly technicaly feasable to figure out who wrote that node: we log IPs. It obviously was not against tye's judgement to see who wrote the node, and it wouldn't be against mine either, if the purpose was to provide them with useful information (which it was).


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Re: Increased number of downvotes at the Monastery? (no)
by Abigail-II (Bishop) on Mar 12, 2004 at 15:15 UTC
    In this case, it's perfectly technicaly feasable to figure out who wrote that node: we log IPs.
    Anonymity is an arms race. Logging IPs is just a first strike. Not a good strike (multiple people behind a proxy, people behind multiple proxies) to begin with, and parried long before perlmonks existed. Apparently, the original poster wasn't taking any steps to defeat IP logging, but if someone wants to, it becomes harder to lift anonymity. I guess the OP cared about his/her XP, but didn't care that much.

    Abigail

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