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Sam.... you may be right the pap is not out to get them... but if somebody can offer them a namelist for a pardon of his crimes in sgp... then ???
A forum host can play dumb and allow free play... and then slowly organise chat room and even net conferences where IPs can be traced.... that list of IPs and date and time is useful to the pap... whether they deem it useful enough to make a "deal" with a fugitive...
I chat in mirc... and the IP is openly visible... so does other chat rooms I have used...
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Bro, at a drop of the hat, security ops from ISPs and their industry counterparts from around the world can identify a post that came thru anon or otherwise, spoofed or non spoofed, isolate it, get the ID and the final trunk line. If it was a result of mooching via wifi, its takes patience and time but you got more of less the physical zone confined and the MAC to go.
Thats how they track terrorist, hackers and virus hacks.
SBF is built around porn, its has got incredible amount of sterile postings, the gems if you cared to watch are released deep down in long winded threads and are cryptic at times. It does not carry noted vocab and will not be picked up by echolen type equipment.
In my years in this forum, only came across 2 incidents, one on bomb making which the nick quickly took down on advice and the other on SPF by loaded888. The latter screwed up when he named his uncle of all places in ISD. He was rather emotional, so probably a good scolding.
The governments of the world however stalin like go after those who are a threat. No one in SBF is one. Uncle Yap maybe the exception for criminal but not security threat wise having named and slandered everyone including temples but even he has to force the cops to arrest him with great reluctance and instead of paying the petty fine, he vountarily goes to jail.
Despite all these, I don't see a cult or a dissident group forming here. So we are talking about mild chilli curry at the most.
I would not worry, the comments that you see are on par for the course even in an authoritarian govt like ours.
Just throw out your views in a responsible manner no matter how unplatable it may be to the government or others.