Caducious said:
You cant prove who posted something on a social account. Anybody can be sitting behind a keyboard on anyone account typing.
I kind of understand what you're trying to get at here.
Say, I logged onto somebody elses account, on some social network site, and I made all these claims stating I did this, and burnt that place down. Killed a man.
Now.. this is all on somebody elses page. Technically speaking, according to the site at least, their name said it.
If the things said were of enough importance to get attention from the authorities, than, chances are, they would investigate.
First off, of course, they'd check out this person. Whos' name you've been using. They might notice the random spike in weird, obscure comments though.
If it was really serious business, they'd eventually go and do what Snoz mentioned.
SonzzleBerry said:
Except, between IP/MAC logging, the statistical interaction network created by your friends and a whole host of other things...they kind of can.
Than, they would eventually find out where it was coming from. Finding your, personal IP address.
I mean.. yes, you could probably use public wifi, or town computers or something. To take them off your track.
But.. that'd be a real hassle, just to flame somebody else.
Defamation of character pops to mind too in the midst of my post.
Please.. Please, don't take this post as me trying to stir the hornets nest. I can just see what each of you is talking about. Both sides make sense.
But, it's the internet. Laws in these places(the internet).. are a little murky. To say the least. Privacy and all that, it's hard to keep.