Knocking 0ut the Nerds.

[vivandorron]

Is there not a way that AB is able to identify telephone numbers being used for 'in-puts'.

We all know that it's easy to set-up different E/mail addresses and User-names. However, I wouldn't think that it's a quick and simple matter to keep changing telephone numbers.

If AB were able to identify the telephone numbers in use, it should then be possible to refuse acceptance of 'in-puts' from banned numbers.

I'm possibly way off course with my thoughts on matters and will not be offended if I am told so ; in no uncertain terms.

Ron

[squarebear]

I do not plan on posting my telephone number on a website such as this.

[vivandorron]

You wouldn't have to post your telephone number...it would be picked-up confidentially by AB...in the same way as if I telephoned you and you have a telephone to identify the caller's number and you choose not to answer. ( I understand such phones are available; although I haven't got one.)

Ron

[Mctavish]

Ron, must admit I'm not quite with you re the posting of telephone nos - for what reason would someone post their telephone number. Perhaps it's the old grey matter not working very well but I'm puzzled.

[hc4361]

Not everybody has a fixed land line. I don't.

[Prudie]

I think Ron is saying that most people are accessing the internet and this site through a telephone number, landline or mobile and that technically should be able to identify the user via the AB server??

[AlBags]

One can never stop it.
One could use anonymous proxy ... IP hider software, etc, etc.

[Mctavish]

With you now Prudie, there are so many ways now of accessing the internet and it hadn't occured to me that was what Ron was saying.

[vivandorron]

Prudie's posting, perfect.

Whether one uses fixed landline or mobile telephone and hides their ID,there is still a link back to caller by the ISP.....well that's my opinion....and AB should be equipped in that sort of field to ignore anonymous callers.

Ron.

[karenmac60]

I didn't think cable broadband used telephone lines - I know it connects through a different box in the house as opposed to a BT broadband connection that plugs in through the phone socket.

[Buenchico]

All that AB's server sees is the IP address of the person submitting the post. Since most ISP's allocate IP addresses 'dynamically', all that anyone has to do to change their IP address is to log off and then log on again.

Additionally it's very easy to route traffic via an anonymous proxy server, so that the receiving website thinks the post is coming from somewhere other than its true origin. (Much of my internet posting is done through a set of proxies, which appear to show my ISP as being in Brazil, Slovakia or China, rather than here in the UK).

Only your ISP can link your IP address to your phone number (and to you). To pass on such information (even to official bodies, such as the police or security services) without a court order is a serious criminal offence, nearly always leading to imprisonment. So they definitely won't make such information available to sites like AB!

Chris

[vivandorron]

Thanks Chris for having fully explained matters.

Obviously I had wrongly thought that AB's equipment could be programmed to identify telephone numbers of 'incoming calls'.

I guess friendly folk must just ignore the nonsensical nerds. Although I still think there's a case for the Ed to publish names and reasons for items being removed from publication.

Thanks again....Ron.

Sorry karenmac60....I don't know how cable broadband works. Perhaps Chris does and will comment further.

[AB Editor]

Thanks Chris.

Spare Ed