Warning VOAT is logging your IP, source is a year old on github and ideas board is lying to you. (technology)

submitted ago by eronburr

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Only thing in common is your IP. No way for voat to know other than they log your IP.

Source code on github is over a year old, no mention of logging IP.

I submitted a request to log 3/4 of your IP to ensure trolls and shills are identified and the idea was knocked down for spying and free speech and not wanting to identify people to comments. It's all a lie.

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clamhurt_legbeard ago

How does your suggested idea prevent spam and DDOS attacks from returning to destroy voat?

eronburr ago

  1. My suggestion only logs 3/4 of your IP, so there's always plausible deny-ability in a court, and protects your free speech.
  2. Nothing prevents DDOS, DOS is a single IP, DDOS is multiple. Logging a whole class of IP prevents DOS and some DDOS. Logging a SINGLE IP prevents nothing, only identifies who's who

clamhurt_legbeard ago

Uhhhh, sounds like you don't know anything about our history...

[Member for 3 months]

Yeah.

So we've been specifically attacked more than once by the most powerful enemies. Many of the things you're complaining about were specific safeguards put into place AFTER these attacks as a direct countermeasure.

Since you know of no way to stop the DDOS attacks we've already fought and won against, it sounds like you should do more reading before criticizing things you don't understand the history of.

eronburr ago

Uhhhh, sounds like you don't know anything about our history...

I know your source was published on github 2012 - 2017 and has no visitor IP logging in the code.

What else would you like to dismiss without proving?

clamhurt_legbeard ago

Wow, I did prove you don't know what you're talking about, Mr, Three Month, and anybody who knows how Voat works can click and see for themselves. If you spent any time here, you'd know what a dumb attack you just made and how readily disproven you are.

But why are you avoiding my question from an hour ago?

How are we to stop DDOS attacks after you remove the protections we put in place that stop them?

How? Take your time, it's a difficult problem. That's probably why you aren't providing solutions, only complaining.