Are the mods able to see our IP address?

[cdux]

Are the mods able to see our IP address?

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Are the mods able to see our IP address?

Yes we have that information

 

[Crake2]

Yes we have that information

for how long do you store that information?

 

[Nugatory]

for how long do you store that information?

Until the American NSA asks for it?

seriously, kidding aside, the https://www.physicsforums.com/showpost.php?p=1082667&postcount=1 says:

These logs are used to produce the site statistics pages; the raw log data is not made public, and is normally discarded after about two weeks.

Of course as a non-moderator I have no way of knowing if this is in fact the case, nor exactly what "normally" means... But I'm not losing a lot of sleep over it.

 

[Crake2]

Until the American NSA asks for it?

Perhaps there's no "asking" involved, they already have a backdoor or will just get it illegally.

 

[Borg]

Are the mods able to see our IP address?

How do you think that the server knows where to send the page that your browser is requesting?

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

for how long do you store that information?

Your IP is stored indefinitely.

 

[TurtleMeister]

With some message boards your IP is visible to the mods and/or admins with every post you make. However, I can't say for sure about vBulletin as I've never had those permissions on a vBulletin forum.

 

[Vanadium 50]

Not only can we see your IP, we can also read your mind. I can tell that you don't believe me...

 

[mfb]

Are the mods able to see our IP address?

How do you think that the server knows where to send the page that your browser is requesting?

We (Mentors) are not typing the source code of every forum page manually as soon as some user loads a forum page ;).

With some message boards your IP is visible to the mods and/or admins with every post you make. However, I can't say for sure about vBulletin as I've never had those permissions on a vBulletin forum.

It is the same with vBulletin.

 

[krash661]

Not only can we see your IP, we can also read your mind. I can tell that you don't believe me...

i thought this was funny.

" I can tell that you don't believe me ",
hilarious.

 

[Chronos]

How else would you track sock puppets or scammers?

 

[Borg]

How else would you track sock puppets or scammers?

Creating a sock puppet was the only reason that I could think of for asking the original question.