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I don't know where you've been.

This has been common knowledge for several years,
and was known by many IT people like me before that.


"The website doesn't require users to give their real name. But the IP address and the computer ID number are recorded and it is not difficult for data brokers to match that information with other online identifiers. There are firms that specialize in doing it.

Steve Kroft: So you can combine this data with other data that's available and figure out who someone is?

Ashkan Soltani: That's right.

Steve Kroft: By name, by email?

Ashkan Soltani: That's right. That's right."