[Foundation-l] Data retention

[Jon]

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Betacommand wrote:
> Anthony, you need to review the workings of a checkuser. I am not a CU But I
> know for a fact that is very very easy to avoid auto blocks and using same
> IPs as an origional account. all you have to do is change your IP. the thing
> is most IPs are acllocated on /24 or /16 groupings sometimes you get smaller
> goupings but you can say xxx.xxx.xxx.0 through xxx.xxx.xxx.25 are the same
> provider and most of the time the same regional area. (city/ region ) that
> is used as part of the proof checkusers use to prove socking along with
> other useragents. socking is more than is this just the same IP?. many many
> users use shared IPs but that does not make them socks. without a full
> investigaion having a list of all recent IPs used by a user, user-agents,
> edit times, and edit contents are all part of the complex art of proving two
> accounts are the same human. it also allows for detecting open proxies and
> indef blocking them instead of just allowing autoblock.
> I would recommend everyone who has no clue about checkuser process to shut
> up and stop putting their mouth where it does not belong because most users
> are clueless about the complexity of checkuser information and what needs
> done to conclusively prove two accounts are used by the same user.
> 
> Betacommand
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What they way you word things, don't be offensive.

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Best,
Jon

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