When an ip address is used on a laptop or pc through a server from Euro. are the laws different then the USA?
I was wondering when some one re routes there ip to come from a different server say through switzerland does everything change over to there jurisdiction and just wondering. Also how dose one find out the real location of a user I have been wanting to find the right answer to this question. Thanks
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Answer 1 :
All you get from an Ip address is the location of the ISPs server. And however you cheat the original location of the machine is traceable by the authorities. And the laws of the country you are in, and the country you view are both valid.
Answer 2 :
1) It covers both jurisdictions since the content is being access bothed at the foreign location and your current location. In most cases proxies are not held liable for allowing one to access certain content through them, however authorities may order a release of the IP records to identify who used the proxy and then report you to your local authorities or ISP where you can be held legally responisble for your actions. 2) You can't find the exact location of a user using an IP address. The most an IP address will tell you is the major city or town they are located in and the ISP they are using. What authorities do is request records from the ISP to cross-reference an IP address with the customer's address.
Answer 3 :
Why would it be a jurisdiction question? Is the person doing something illegal in US Law or Switzerland Law? I think what you are talking about is using Anonymous type of proxy services. The idea is to NOT have others know your real IP Address and thus your location. On the receiving end there would not be any trace of the original IP Address. That's the whole idea. All of the IP connections would come from the remote proxy server, disclosing only the IP Address from that source. No doubt law enforcement could get permission in an investigation to get inside the network of the anonymous proxy service and be able to obtain the real IP address of the source computer. * I would think that unless the real IP address is somehow embedded in the proxy traffic ... you would not have a way to find the original computers location ... unless there was some other lead or information in the senders traffic that might tell you who they were and where they were. Your only recourse would be to contact, if you felt you had a valid reason (such as a network attack against you), the anonymous proxy service provider for help. They are not likely to help you unless there is a law enforcement reason. They might take action against their customer if there is a valid reason, but aren't going to tell you what they did to who.
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