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From time to time somebody will post something unwise. Until now I've not really been able to cite a source for how poorly-considered words written on the Internet can be used against you. Here is something from somebody ina position to know: Massad Ayoob writing in Backwoods Home Magazine.
http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles2/ayoob105.html
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....Last issue Dave Duffy also told you the story of Matt Bandy and some pretty scary stuff about computer security that you REALLY need to know. He and the experts whom he sources know a whole lot more about that than I, but I can add one thing to that discussion: I’m in my 34th year as a sworn police officer, my 19th as a certified “police prosecutor,” and I know for a fact that we DO have the technology to pull things out of your hard drive that you thought were deleted. We DO have the right to ask you, under penalty of perjury, whether you post on any Internet forum, and under what name, and we DO have the power to subpoena any posts via your IP from the Internet hosts, who under law have no choice but to “give you up.” Don’t let the seeming anonymity of the Internet delude you: when things get serious, you won’t be anonymous anymore.
The entire article is a good read. In fact there are a number of columns chock full of interesting information if youback up to thehomepage and find the link.
From time to time somebody will post something unwise. Until now I've not really been able to cite a source for how poorly-considered words written on the Internet can be used against you. Here is something from somebody ina position to know: Massad Ayoob writing in Backwoods Home Magazine.
http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles2/ayoob105.html
SNIP
....Last issue Dave Duffy also told you the story of Matt Bandy and some pretty scary stuff about computer security that you REALLY need to know. He and the experts whom he sources know a whole lot more about that than I, but I can add one thing to that discussion: I’m in my 34th year as a sworn police officer, my 19th as a certified “police prosecutor,” and I know for a fact that we DO have the technology to pull things out of your hard drive that you thought were deleted. We DO have the right to ask you, under penalty of perjury, whether you post on any Internet forum, and under what name, and we DO have the power to subpoena any posts via your IP from the Internet hosts, who under law have no choice but to “give you up.” Don’t let the seeming anonymity of the Internet delude you: when things get serious, you won’t be anonymous anymore.
The entire article is a good read. In fact there are a number of columns chock full of interesting information if youback up to thehomepage and find the link.