Author Topic: Is this something I need to be concerned about?  (Read 2593 times)

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sirenwerks

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Re: Is this something I need to be concerned about?
« Reply #15 on: August 18, 2015, 01:45:12 PM »
If you're on cable internet, like I am with Suddenlink, they assign your modem an IP address out of a pool assigned to them.  In that case, your apparent location would be wherever their server was, not necessarily where you are.

This.  I got one of those for Gmail a few days ago and it had me living in a somehwat unsavory neighborhood in Glen Burnie, but I know my provider's near there and it was me being fat fingered while logging on.  Besides, who on earth would want to be me?
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Re: Is this something I need to be concerned about?
« Reply #16 on: August 18, 2015, 05:51:41 PM »
Messages purport to be coming from Railwire, but the address is admin@precision7.com (no idea if that is legitimate or not).

The precision7.com email address is mine.  I don't want to use therailwire.net email for some reason, so I set up a server at my house to handle my email.  What?

So I looked into all of these and I'm not sure if there is an issue.  Multiple users have similar handles and may accidentally try to log in with a another member's handle.

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Re: Is this something I need to be concerned about?
« Reply #17 on: August 18, 2015, 11:20:51 PM »
It also shows that you logged in here with the .113 IP address. Does the email address look familiar to you?

Shows me as logged in on the .113 address, or someone else (such as GN Fan?) as logged in?  The timing of those logins hasn't been right for it to be me.  No, the e-mail address is not familiar.

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Re: Is this something I need to be concerned about?
« Reply #18 on: August 18, 2015, 11:41:08 PM »
I just had a "GN-fan" comment on one of my Picasa photos   :scared: