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Why doesn't AB use IPs to ID?
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Many sites (EG ebay) use IP addresses to identify users and prospective users. I have 2 ebay IDs and I know that ebay know they are both the same person. This is how they are able to link IDs and terminate all a user's accounts should they transgress any of ebays miriad rules (or whims).
Yes, before you say it, they could use the financial information they have but, for example, in my case the financial details don't match up. (No, I'm not going to tell you why)
So, my actual question is: why doesn't AB use IPs to identify users and so be able to permanently get rid of the particularly annoying ones. As soon as an account is terminated, the f-wits are back, with a new, slightly differently spelled account.
Unless of course, they don't wish to get rid of them...
Yes, before you say it, they could use the financial information they have but, for example, in my case the financial details don't match up. (No, I'm not going to tell you why)
So, my actual question is: why doesn't AB use IPs to identify users and so be able to permanently get rid of the particularly annoying ones. As soon as an account is terminated, the f-wits are back, with a new, slightly differently spelled account.
Unless of course, they don't wish to get rid of them...
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I don't think it would work, especially as more and more people are getting onto broadband. As far as I'm aware, with broadband you get a dynamic IP address, which means it changes every time you connect to the internet. Banning by IP wouldn't work in that case.
Correct me if I'm wrong, someone, but this is what I've been told. I am certainly no expert.
Correct me if I'm wrong, someone, but this is what I've been told. I am certainly no expert.
actually a static ip address would set you back about �100 a month. most internet users have a dynamic ip address as it is assigned by the isp everytime that you sign on. this means that the isp can have say a million users but only 900,000 ip addresses. they assume that not every member will ever be on at the same time. you do, that is everybody, does, have an external ip address that is not used by your isp which is used by your phone company to address the phone calls to you and not some bald guy from bradford. this is your WAN address as opposed to LAN. i suppose that ebay could use this but they probably just use a cookie or something.
but i digress, all AB members can do is say something naughty and get banned again. this trade off is much easier than setting up the facility to scan the non internet portion of the modems connection line for the static phone ip and ban them like this. i imagine that this would be very difficult to set up. its ok for ebay. they bought skype for 4-6 billion dollars a few months back. im sure theanswerbank couldnt afford that.
anyway, if you want to find out your WAN ip go here http://www.whatismyip.com
but i digress, all AB members can do is say something naughty and get banned again. this trade off is much easier than setting up the facility to scan the non internet portion of the modems connection line for the static phone ip and ban them like this. i imagine that this would be very difficult to set up. its ok for ebay. they bought skype for 4-6 billion dollars a few months back. im sure theanswerbank couldnt afford that.
anyway, if you want to find out your WAN ip go here http://www.whatismyip.com
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