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Post Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 6:07 pm 
 

I'm starting to wonder if he/she actually believes they are the various manifestations of this persona.  Completey batshit crazy, in other words.


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Post Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 6:08 pm 
 

And another thing:  I wonder where in hell they got hold of all that inventory.   8O

I mean, think about it, over the years that's a hell of a lot of rpg material.


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Post Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 6:11 pm 
 

bombadil wrote:I'm starting to wonder if he/she actually believes they are the various manifestations of this persona.  Completey batshit crazy, in other words.


Heh, I wouldn't be surprised.  Its most likely just ostrich disease.  "If I put my head and the sand I am sure that all the bad people will go away."  :roll:


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Post Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 6:12 pm 
 

bombadil wrote:And another thing:  I wonder where in hell they got hold of all that inventory.   8O

I mean, think about it, over the years that's a hell of a lot of rpg material.


I am sure a majority of it came from buying stuff up on Ebay.  If you look at his previous incarnations you can see a pretty steady pattern of buying to go along with his thefts.


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Post Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 7:07 pm 
 

bombadil wrote:And another thing:  I wonder where in hell they got hold of all that inventory.   8O

I mean, think about it, over the years that's a hell of a lot of rpg material.


He got it from his dead brother's warehouse about three identities ago...

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Post Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 8:16 pm 
 

:lol:

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Post Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 9:19 pm 
 

bombadil wrote:As opposed to ending up on the wrong side of Brian after, oh, let's say...a burrito eating constest?



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Post Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 11:44 pm 
 

jasonw1239 wrote:You can swap network cards out and operate with a new MAC address within minutes.

Well, you and I can.  But if he's not smart enough to change the backdrop on his photos, he's probably not up to the task.  

Recording address information is always a useful.  If you can obtain the cooperation of their ISP, the evidence is rather compelling once both sets of logs are matched...

To make matters worse, there is hacker style software available for an unscrupulous user to forge their MAC address.
Very true.  However, in the case of eBay you're looking to achieve two-way communication.  Forging an address would be pointless.

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Post Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 12:07 am 
 

Reported this idiot...  Thanks for your diligent work Brian!

  

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Post Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 1:02 am 
 

deimos3428 wrote:Very true.  However, in the case of eBay you're looking to achieve two-way communication.  Forging an address would be pointless.


You are quite correct.  :)  I didn't think that one all the way through!  :oops:
MAC address forging in this particular instance would be useless.

I still do not think that eBay would ever block somebody by using the MAC address. If the computer (or network card) was sold then eBay could potentially incur support costs from a buyer/seller who was trying to use their new (used) computer and was being blocked by eBay.


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Post Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 9:05 am 
 

MAC addresses (and IP's for that matter) can be easily spoofed.


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Post Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 9:15 am 
 

He/she/they probably think Brian's just another voice in their computer. Trying to get them to give up the 'good life' (dark side).

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Post Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 7:41 am 
 

Reported this buffoon.....  good work yet again Brian!

  


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Post Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:26 am 
 

a2jeff wrote:Reported this buffoon.....  good work yet again Brian!


Hey Jeff, nice new avvy.  I'm assuming that's you on the left?


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Post Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 12:18 pm 
 

jasonw1239 wrote:I still do not think that eBay would ever block somebody by using the MAC address.

You're right, of course they wouldn't.  It's not sufficient on it's own.  However, if they were smart/organized/bclarkiesque they can use that supplementary info to assist in identifying a problematic individual's pattern, and once established, re-ban that individual much faster.  ;)

In a similar fashion, Microsoft currently "identifies" computers based on a points-based hardware profile.  If you change too much of your hardware and attempt to reinstall/re-activate a modern version of Windows, you'll need to give them a call and convince them it's the same machine, or your Windows installation will break in 30 days.

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Post Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 1:39 pm 
 

deimos3428 wrote:You're right, of course they wouldn't.  It's not sufficient on it's own.  However, if they were smart/organized/bclarkiesque they can use that supplementary info to assist in identifying a problematic individual's pattern, and once established, re-ban that individual much faster.  ;)


How would Ebay even know what an end user's MAC address is?  Wouldn't it be dropped when the packet leaves the local network and that layer of packet encapsulation is dropped?


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Post Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 1:51 pm 
 

Speaking of which, I've got to go drop an encapsulated packet myself...


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Post Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 2:04 pm 
 

NetRodent wrote:
How would Ebay even know what an end user's MAC address is?  Wouldn't it be dropped when the packet leaves the local network and that layer of packet encapsulation is dropped?


It has been a long time since I did any work or reading about the specifics of the transport layer protocols, but I thought that the MAC info was used when routing return packets? Anyway, this is not a tech forum so this is my last post about this particular topic!   :oops:


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