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John375
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_ 		22. January 2003 @ 20:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Per the Article below, Verizon Was ordered to give the Identity of a Net Subscriber sharing files
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/22/technology/22MUSI.html

Because of this, it appears that it would be best that WinMX generate Randomized names for its Users each time that a User connects....Better yet, that the User's name is randomized anew each few hours....The HotList shoul be delete altogether (it really is not that useful anyway).....Obviously, WinMX should not track or record these User names

This way, it would be very difficult to bring a User to Court as in the above referenced article since the User has a new name every few hours....And the Internet Service Provider could not be readily located

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martin
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_ 		22. February 2003 @ 02:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
They don't track you by username, but by IP address. You can change your name as often as you like but they will still know it's you.
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