Anthere wrote:
However, if the check is done for investigation reasons
(request by the
police, by a government etc...), rather than to immediately protect the
site from a raw attack, yeah, it would be very shocking that a checkuser
reveals the information. To that date, I do not think it ever occured.
In this case, if a request was made to find out the ip of the user who
issued the threats, I think the request should be made to the
board/executive. But *mostly*, the request should be done either by a
very trusted user, or more likely by a group of trusted editors. If a
totally unknown person mentions threats have been issued in a language
we can not understand, and request to know the ip of another editor, I'd
say the request should not be fullfilled.
Things can get even more complicated when the requesting police force is
of a country well known for its violations of civil rights. A subpoena
from Myanmar.would be a cause for concern.
Even your last point gets tricky. If a woman is receiving sexual
threats giving the IP details directly to her may not be the most
effective way of dealing with the problem unless she is technically
savvy. A threat from someone in her own town is more dangerous than one
from the other side of the world, and having the information given
directly to people in a position to do something about the problem will
eliminate the potential for having the authorities as hysteria.
Ec