Can government trace posts on DCUM?

[Anonymous]

Jeff, I can’t believe I’m asking this but with all the talk of the government monitoring social media, I’m wondering if they can trace a user’s identity on DCUM? Is it feasible they can identify posters by IP addresses using secret tracking software?

[jsteele]

The government can probably quite easily track users who are using DCUM from government networks. But, for random users, they would have to subpoena the IP address of a user.

The IP address is not enough by itself. A further step of subpoenaing information from the ISP is required. Things get even more complicated if a VPN or proxy is involved.

Basically, if you are using DCUM from a government network, the government probably can find out. For anyone else, you would probably have to make death threats or something to get the interest of the government.

[Anonymous]

Thank you Jeff for the clarification!

-OP

[Anonymous]

Crazy we have to worry about this stuff.
I'm thinking of getting another phone for when I fly or maybe scrubbing my main phone of texts with my friends bemoaning current regime. Never thought we would end up in a police state this fast. My buddy before election said that he thought constitution will make us safe and nothing to worry about, lol!

[Anonymous]

They can hack your traffic at the network level.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They can hack your traffic at the network level.

What does this mean?