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by ransom1538 3022 days ago
They recommend ProtonVPN. Does anyone know the legal ramifications of using a vpn with shared exit nodes? EG: A 'crack' squad of computer crime investigators in Jackson Mississippi track illegally uploaded content to a forum originating from ip address [39.21.2.32] (which is a VPN exit node). Unbeknownst to you that is YOUR exit node now.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/09/digital-equivalent-rum...
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nukeop 3022 days ago
Why would that be any different to getting assigned somebody's previous IP address by DHCP? It's non-incriminating because it can be demonstrated you didn't control that IP during the time illegal content was uploaded.
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ransom1538 3022 days ago
True. But my general ISP dhcp'ed ip address doesn't change much AND when it does I have decent odds someone (who would do illegal uploads) wouldn't be dumb enough to do it over a non-VPNed line.
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jlgaddis 3022 days ago
In these cases, a request for the identity of the account associated with $IP at $timestamp would typically receive a response such as "$IP is a shared IP address used by many different accounts simultaneously. As we do not log individual sessions at layer 4, it is impossible for us to provide you with this account information."
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letsgetphysITal 3022 days ago
Literally how Private Internet Access responded to an FBI request.

Not endorsing PIA in any way, though do use the services.

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