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Ips address tracking

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by ninchya, Aug 23, 2009.

  1. ninchya

    ninchya New Member

    Does this site prevent ips address tracking? Or has anyone been tracked before? I was just wondering in case of emergency.
    ???
     
    ninchya, Aug 23, 2009
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  2. tehuber1337

    tehuber1337 Well-Known Member

    Seph himself has said that what you download is logged. Expect your local authorities to come busting through your door with hard evidence of your crime any minute now.
     
    tehuber1337, Aug 23, 2009
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  3. ninchya

    ninchya New Member

    No seriously but it is funny
     
    ninchya, Aug 23, 2009
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  4. tehuber1337

    tehuber1337 Well-Known Member

    We don't know if anyone here has ever been caught because we'd never hear from them again.

    But of course, we all buy the games we download, don't we? You have nothing to worry about.
     
    tehuber1337, Aug 23, 2009
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  5. ninchya

    ninchya New Member

    I just being causious like u guys said I don't want any authorities knocking down my lol but thanks for answering me
     
    ninchya, Aug 23, 2009
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  6. -a55-

    -a55- Well-Known Member

    don't worry, it's not worth their time to track down every person who downloads a game.
     
    -a55-, Aug 23, 2009
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  7. Void

    Void Well-Known Member

    They would need to hijack RomUlations servers and go through a ton of financially strenuous work to prove you downloaded Megaman fucking II.

    So basically, no one cares enough to even try to do anything. You're in the clear.
     
    Void, Aug 23, 2009
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  8. Seph

    Seph Administrator Staff Member

    Guys, please stop trying to rile up people. Void got it right, though, we do log downloads (how else would we use a point system based on your downloads?) but the logs are on our server and getting to those logs is a lot of work that's not very interesting for them. They'd really get nothing at all out of it.

    If anyone is in danger of having anything happen to them it would be me.
     
    Seph, Aug 23, 2009
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  9. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    Also if it comes down to it, an IP address is not conclusive evidence, no matter what you might hear. It's circumstantial at best.
     
    Loonylion, Aug 23, 2009
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  10. damanali

    damanali Well-Known Member

    I know this might be stupid to ask, but i'll ask it anyway.

    I heard about the busting for illegal downloads, but if we dont have a law in our country about illegal downloads, can the FBI go to our country and ask if i can be arrested for breaking their law? For example, if somebody hacked a site owned by a US citizen, and the hacker is from let say China, and China has no laws against hacking, can the FBI arrest that guy?
     
    damanali, Aug 23, 2009
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  11. kukuru

    kukuru Well-Known Member

    dunno

    i have tonnes of illegal downloads

    FBI never knocks my door though...
     
    kukuru, Aug 23, 2009
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  12. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    no. You are subject to the laws of the country you are in. A foreign country can't enforce their laws on you without invading and taking over your country.
     
    Loonylion, Aug 23, 2009
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  13. timmy1991

    timmy1991 Well-Known Member

    Yeah me too... I think I'll slow down the downloading just a little... (but that means I'll never be able to fill up my MyBook external hard drive with useless crap, oh noes!)
     
    timmy1991, Aug 25, 2009
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