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Originally Posted by zoneout GreenBean sound like grand master from KungFu
I totally agree with the OP. IP cannot be used for linking. Many corporate offices use a single shared IP address on the outbound connections. So you could have thousands of employees going out on a single IP. I know this cause I spent years in IT. If it were the case you would have hundreds of accounts getting linked and taken down due to the knucklehead in the cube next to you. | Great majority of accounts are not run from corporate offices.
Your idea of IP linking stands for those circumstances. Even with that there are variations.
Users sharing educational IPs have reported being suspended. (College internet, science labs).
Users have had their family members' accounts suspended because of using the same IP.
These are the known curve balls for IP linking.
Users should be aware of using a strange IP in case ebay/paypal react in a manner to kill the account.
Keep in mind, that if an account gets 'flagged' an IP might be part of the equation to result in a negative outcome.
For every user that has had access overseas with no problems, there are at least two who have been limited.
It's what happens at the ebay/paypal side at a transaction time that determines happiness or sadness. |