Did Reddit give up the guys information? Not sure how CNN would find out who he was even if they got his IP address. Also he could probably just deny it was him all together.
See the above post — Time Warner owns CNN and Reddit. If he didn’t hide his IP, he was easy to track.
CNN claims they located him using info he posted online - said he lived in some state at a certain time, etc. But that’s not very likely.
This is a multi-billion dollar company vs. an internet troll.
This could happen to ANY member of FR in the future.
4chan has already posted the home addresses of the major hosts for CNN. The reporter’s family addresses and phone numbers are now on 4chan.
I don’t support doxxing - by us or them.
But this was a stupid move by CNN. That place will be hell to work for for months to come.
“Did Reddit give up the guys information? Not sure how CNN would find out who he was even if they got his IP address.”
They’ll never tell us, but the Discovery phase will.
Was Time Warner Cable his cable provider? If they were, and they gave it up for the purpose of extortion by their CNN subsidiary, I'd call that VERY BAD. And, it should be actionable.
My understanding is that cable company agreements provide for some safeguarding of identity, unless it needs to be revealed by court order (as in a lawsuit) or to law enforcement presenting a warrant. Am I wrong, or just naive?