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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: PumpkinYeti on December 10, 2011, 07:01 am

Title: Mt Gox and IP address
Post by: PumpkinYeti on December 10, 2011, 07:01 am
I searched but didn't find an answer to this... and I'm networking ignorant...

If I use a different internet access point other than my home network, can anyone trace that IP address to my personal computer?

I understand using my own computer on my home network is unsafe, but I'm wondering if using, say a local free internet access point somewhere else totally resolves the issue or not.

Thanks!
Title: Re: Mt Gox and IP address
Post by: tommyv on December 11, 2011, 01:24 am
For increased anonymity, you could spoof your MAC address, and make sure that your browser can't be uniquely identified otherwise (see: https://panopticlick.eff.org/).

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I'm wondering if using, say a local free internet access point somewhere else totally resolves the issue or not.
That depends on what the "issue" is; I think that in most cases using Tor on your own computer in your home network would be safe enough.
Title: Re: Mt Gox and IP address
Post by: PumpkinYeti on December 12, 2011, 01:20 am
For increased anonymity, you could spoof your MAC address, and make sure that your browser can't be uniquely identified otherwise (see: https://panopticlick.eff.org/).

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I'm wondering if using, say a local free internet access point somewhere else totally resolves the issue or not.
That depends on what the "issue" is; I think that in most cases using Tor on your own computer in your home network would be safe enough.

Logging into Mt Gox via Tor is my issue - I can't. And I'd prefer Mt Gox not being able to see the computer I use as mine ya know? So if using someone else's network would hide my computer better from the long arm of LE, then I would do that... I'm just not clear if it does or not.