Saturday, June 13, 2020

Using IP address to find a physical address

Hello, newbie here.

Does anyone know whether it would be possible to track a mac address or IMEI once we know the IP address linked to an online comment (posted via public wifi)? With this, can we prove who wrote that comment?

I know internet providers keep a log of phsyical addresses. If this user's device later connects to a mobile internet via a private sim card (that has registered personal info on it), that mobile internet provider could arguably link that personal info to the device then to the public wifi spot where the device has been), then cross match the wifi connection time with the time when that comment was post. Is this a reasonable scenario ?



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