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Originally Posted by dallis (Post 906659)

Less to do with you than all the other 'genius' posters, I think.

IP linking can get you burned, but there are other factors involved. IP's are all in a pool and most have been used before, so there's really no such thing as a 'fresh IP'.

But IP in conjunction with other elemental data points can definitely link you.

I know they've linked accounts of mine based on 'similarities in the pattern of account usage', so go figure.

They collect an immense amount of data points every time you log on. IP will factor in there somewhere, and who knows exactly where the bot's thresholds are, but is definitely a factor.

Think it through: (made up details, of course) lets say the IP is the same, and in the same geographic area, and the computer is a Dell model X13, and it uses a Comcast high speed network servicing around 300K users, an Arris surfboard 5450LDS wifi router with a specific privacy protocol and latency, a 2122XRS wifi modem set to a certain baud speed, a November 2017 version of a specific malware protection, a particular HTML5 protocol, + W10 home version, not yet updated for two update cycles.

The number of people with that specific combination of details and the same IP is probably pretty low.

Add a few other details and among those 300K users bingo! You're busted. IP did you in.

Across the entire state or nation, though, without the same IP, the pool of users with these details may be as many as 50-100K.

Harder to find.

Originally Posted by kirkland (Post 906600)

I don't know why so many posters are quick to assume that I'm so hardheaded and "will do whatever I want no matter what". The point of this thread was really to ask for people's firsthand experiences - I do know what the best practices are otherwise. SaiJin, may I ask, have your own accounts ever fallen due to IP linking?

Originally Posted by dallis (Post 907412)

Fingerprinting is far more invasive.

You give out a lot more info than you realize just by connecting to a site.

IP can definitely burn you, particular when coupled with cookies and other tracking info.

That's why we use different IP's and different user accounts.

You can reuse IP's if they're already associated with a specific account, though.

Originally Posted by Yasav (Post 906448)

About 1.5 years ago, I had my primary legit account fall below standard and my selling limits were extremely low. I then needed money badly and decided to sell my macbook. So I created a new account with same info; got new limits and sold my item successfully. To this day, my accounts haven't been officially linked..Both are now power-sellers.