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IP address to user account data

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  • 29-04-2011 1:59am
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    mawk
    Registered Users Posts: 2,738 ✭✭✭


    hey guys, I though here was probably the best place to get an answer, mod please move if not.
    If I have an ip address and a time at a particular log in to something. how difficult is it to get the isp to release the users personal information?

    like, say, the account holders name and address?
    court order difficult? or polite phonecall/phonecall from the guards difficult?

    I assume the isp actually does have the ability to recall the link between a session and an account?

    I think its NTL if thats of any difference


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    Morpork
    Registered Users Posts: 725 ✭✭✭Morpork


    The ISP does make a difference. NTL won't give user info to the guards, but Eircom will.

    However, I remember a few years back a new law was introduced that allowed online information to be used in court if the crime was serious enough. It also forces the ISP to hand it over.

    I'm guessing whoever you're looking for didn't murder you, so you won't be able to get it from the guards. You're better off tracking it yourself. Start with a iplookup site.


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    mawk
    Registered Users Posts: 2,738 ✭✭✭mawk


    none that i tried gave great results. recommend one?


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    Morpork
    Registered Users Posts: 725 ✭✭✭Morpork


    All you'll get from that is ISP and a general location, no specifics. It's just a start. :)

    Why don'tcha fill us in on what happened, if you don't mind?


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    mawk
    Registered Users Posts: 2,738 ✭✭✭mawk


    stolen laptop. and whoever stole it just used it and something on the laptop is set to automatically sync. so I have the ip from their login. guards are involved since the house was broken into and I would very, very much like to find this individual


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    Morpork
    Registered Users Posts: 725 ✭✭✭Morpork


    Well if that's the case the value of the laptop is high enough to be considered grand theft, therefore his ISP might have to give out his information.

    If I were you I'd give his IP to the guards and ask them to follow up on it. No harm in trying anyway.

    If you were to find out his info on your own, what would you do? You couldn't give that to the guards because you'd have obtained it illegally.


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    mawk
    Registered Users Posts: 2,738 ✭✭✭mawk


    guards already have the ip, mostly I was wondering what they have to do to get their info.


    (also punch them in their dumb face)


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    PeterHughes
    Registered Users Posts: 56 ✭✭PeterHughes


    Did you have any remote admin software running on it? Also the next time the laptop is connected, see what ports are being used, might give you some ideas on how to get more info.

    Good example of how to get a computer back ->

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4oB28ksiIo


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    dlofnep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,759 ✭✭✭✭dlofnep


    I posted that Defcon video before. Hilarious stuff.

    OP, if you want to send me on the IP privately, I'll see what I can do for you.


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