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steelhead
Joined: 28 Mar 2004
Location: Seoul formerly known as Victoria
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 Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 7:22 am Post subject: IP Address Tracing.....?? |
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Hey all,
I just had a weird encounter. Using a chat client online, after chatting for a while, this person told me they had traced my address, and through co operation with the government, via the service provider, are going to locate me...
Is this possible...?? |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 8:41 am Post subject: Re: IP Address Tracing.....?? |
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| steelhead wrote: |
Hey all,
I just had a weird encounter. Using a chat client online, after chatting for a while, this person told me they had traced my address, and through co operation with the government, via the service provider, are going to locate me...
Is this possible...?? |
It is possible IF they were a law enforcement agency AND you were in the states.
If you are here and they are there (or anywhere else).... all they could get would be your IP address.
Not likely a hope in hell that they could or would be able to communicate with a Korean service provider (not to mention that there is little to no cooperation internationally for this) and a warrant issued in one country is not enforceable in another.
Unless you were selling national security secrets to North Korea... you can rest easy. |
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poker player
Joined: 27 Sep 2004
Location: On the river
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| Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 2:34 pm Post subject: |
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Unless they own the website, they can't even get your ip address is what I have been told. Even if they could, everything ttompatz said is right. So fess up. What did you say to make them threaten you?  |
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steelhead
Joined: 28 Mar 2004
Location: Seoul formerly known as Victoria
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| Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Actually, the conversation was with someone, in Korea. Lets say Ihad mentioned my speckled past of various, jobs Ive held. |
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cubanlord
Joined: 08 Jul 2005
Location: In Japan!
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| Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 6:28 pm Post subject: |
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It has been my experience that one can obtain an IP address with a very simple (several lines of script) program. Especially if you are talking via a messenging service.
Can they track you.......sure.......if:
A) They know someone who works at the ISP.
B) They are a pretty good hacker
C) Have a subpeona (sp?). |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 8:34 pm Post subject: |
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Depends.
If you established any kind of direct connection to the other computer, it's possible.
What kind of chat was it? If it was say, Yahoo, then it would be very difficult without having an "in" to the Yahoo server logs. If it was a direct connection chat, or you sent a file, webcm connection, voice chat or something, then there are easy ways to find out who you are talking to in terms of an IP addy. |
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steelhead
Joined: 28 Mar 2004
Location: Seoul formerly known as Victoria
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| Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 11:51 pm Post subject: |
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The chat client, was something similar to MSN Messenger, or Yahoo Messenger. I hadnt threatend them in any way. Just mentioned that the last 2 months I have been teaching a bit without a visa.
Now whether I have or not, actually done that... is of course speculation. But in Korea, who knows  . My buddy got the boot, for what he wrote on a resume. They hauled him in and phoned everyone on his phone list, until someone told them the info they needed to kick him out.
Im leaving in 2 days anyways, but still, was a bit of a disruption. |
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cubanlord
Joined: 08 Jul 2005
Location: In Japan!
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| Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 2:32 am Post subject: |
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| steelhead wrote: |
The chat client, was something similar to MSN Messenger, or Yahoo Messenger. I hadnt threatend them in any way. Just mentioned that the last 2 months I have been teaching a bit without a visa.
Now whether I have or not, actually done that... is of course speculation. But in Korea, who knows . My buddy got the boot, for what he wrote on a resume. They hauled him in and phoned everyone on his phone list, until someone told them the info they needed to kick him out.
Im leaving in 2 days anyways, but still, was a bit of a disruption. |
You'll be fine. Best wishes on your endeavors. |
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Real Reality
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Real Reality wrote: |
| IP addresses can be obtained via messengers. By identifying the IP address, it is possible to find out where someone lives (or where the computer, network connection is located). |
Out to do a bit of scaremongering? How many people use static IP addresses? Not your average user, I'd reckon. Should Steelhead be worried that someone could narrow it down to a few thousand similar subscribers? No. |
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