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Feb 18, 2010, 11:11AM

Tracking down anonymous online identities

Easier than you think. Way easier.

Imagine that you want to sue someone for what they wrote, anonymously, in a web-based online forum. To succeed, you'll first have to figure out who they really are. How hard is that task? It's a question that Harlan Yu, Ed Felten, and I have been kicking around for several months. We've come to some tentative answers that surprised us, and that may surprise you.

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