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I get the impression there is a lot of proxy use going on there. And I don't think anybody needs to register a username to post there.
Oregon shooter's father: Gun laws have to change
[video=youtube;r0hXpA4_3Jw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0hXpA4_3Jw[/video]
I think it takes a lot of nerve for him to point fingers at other places, JMO.
Thanks. I have no desire to expose my system to 4chan nastiness by going and checking it out.
My other assumption is that the FBI/ATF has been surveilling 4chan via the TOR routers since last week's warnings were posted by the shooter in Roseburg. I've seen virtually instantaneous reaction from the feds on anything suspicious found via TOR.
Yes, I haven't explored it much and decided to click on the 'photography' board as I figured it would be 'safe' for viewing - and then as it was loading I thought "oh wait, what kind of photography is it going to be??". But it was fine!
Has the 4chan posting before this (Umpqua) shooting definitely been linked to the shooter? I guess that would also give an indication of how 'anonymous' people are managing to be.
From all the news articles I have read it seems the shooter was posting there and it seems that this threat was also posted there. I assume FBI is rapidly trying to identify the posters involved with this latest threat.
I also read that a lot of the posters over there use proxy servers and that would make it more difficult. I hope FBI has ways to get around the proxy servers and still able to find out who is making threats. That was a very specific threat and I think a crime has already been committed just by that specific threat. I hope FBI is able to catch them.
Oregon shooter's father: Gun laws have to change
[video=youtube;r0hXpA4_3Jw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0hXpA4_3Jw[/video]
(from my days as a telecommunications paralegal responding to search warrants and subpoenas) The IP address of the poster would have to be identified. Once the IP address is identified then LE would need to get a search warrant signed by a judge to require the ISP to provide the user's identity. That's assuming the poster was not using a proxy server to post on 4chan, in which case their IP address would not be visible without digging into the proxy server site.
Or, the information for the registration of the particular username would need to be subpoenaed from the owners of the website. (ETA and that's assuming the info would be of any use to LE). From what I know of 4chan, I wouldn't be surprised if they dawdled on providing the info.
ETA From my years of working with the FBI and ATF on subpoenas and search warrants, if they consider this a credible enough threat to warn the universities, then they are furiously working with telecoms and ISPs to get the user's information.
And I won't even get into the NSA stuff.
I think it takes a lot of nerve for him to point fingers at other places, JMO.
Thanks. I posted this story at the end of the first thread with the disclaimer that I was not trying to start up the gun-control debate. We've been asked to tone that down. But as I said in my post, whether we agree or disagree with him, I think the shooter's father has more standing to weigh in on this topic than anyone on this thread IMO. I hope we can respect his heartfelt feelings. I can't imagine his anguish.
I don't know how involved he was in his son's upbringing, but it seems clear that the love for guns did not come from him. JMO
The shooter's father hadn't seen him in two years and they lived hundreds of miles apart. The shooter was an adult, living with his mother, who seems to have fed and encouraged his unhealthy enthusiasm for guns. I don't see how you can blame the father. The parents were not together. I don't see what responsibility he has to 'cop out' of.