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UER Forum > Rookie Forum > Risks of being personally identifiable on UER? (Viewed 13003 times)
VAD 


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Re: Risks of being personally identifiable on UER?
< Reply # 40 on 12/4/2015 10:31 PM >
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Was this in the years right after 9/11? Maybe they were a bit touchy about people gaining unauthorized access to certain government- owned locations. Still, yeah, that's a pretty thorough investigation.


No, it was much more recent than that. I think it's more bureaucracy that motivated it - they had policies that that sort of investigation was to be done, and so it was done. Follow-up after the investigation was terrible, so I got away with it!




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< Reply # 41 on 12/5/2015 7:18 AM >
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76. (1) A proceeding shall not be commenced after the expiration of any limitation period prescribed by or under any Act for the offence or, where no limitation period is prescribed, after six months after the date on which the



So that's from the Provincial Offences Act (section 76) then? Damn, our legal system can be confusing sometimes.




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< Reply # 42 on 12/7/2015 2:03 AM >
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You guys are really putting a lot of thought into this. Meanwhile, this guy has somehow avoided major trouble. https://www.youtub...atch?v=kNe9UtdOegM




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< Reply # 43 on 12/7/2015 5:27 AM >
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Meanwhile, this guy has somehow avoided major trouble. https://www.youtub...atch?v=kNe9UtdOegM


What kind of major trouble could he get in? The police have much better things to do than hunting down people who make youtube channels of this sort of thing - and he goes all over the country doing it, too, so any individual town's police are even less incentivised to do anything about it.

The owners of the locations might, but it would be more work for them than it's worth. Perhaps they grabbed his photo and told security there to watch out for him, but he won't be returning to many of these places, so no problem for him!




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< Reply # 44 on 12/7/2015 5:29 AM >
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So that's from the Provincial Offences Act (section 76) then? Damn, our legal system can be confusing sometimes.


Yes, it can! Wait until you get into the cases where certain pieces of legislation conflict - then it's up to case law to determine who wins - so it's not just POA/TPA, it's POA/TPA/every other pieces of legislation/every case heard in Ontario, Canada or even the rest of the commonwealth ... ever.

But usually exploration cases aren't nearly so complicated (thank heavens!)




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Yes, it can! Wait until you get into the cases where certain pieces of legislation conflict - then it's up to case law to determine who wins


Cause it's always fun when one ruling that may or may not be applicable to the current circumstances sets the precedent.




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I request that the mods chime in after checking with https://www.eff.org/

I wonder about this alot too.

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Re: Risks of being personally identifiable on UER?
< Reply # 47 on 7/30/2016 2:45 PM >
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I request that the mods chime in after checking with https://www.eff.org/

I wonder about this alot too.



The mods did chime in, almost nine months ago.


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Pretty much this.

I post to here and my site under a pseudonym mostly because I don't like putting my actual name out there. That said, many people on here know exactly who I am by my actual name.

And I also post my stuff to flickr under my actual first name, and to my facebook under my full name.

It is what it is. Don't think for a second that a pseudonym is going to protect you from the authorities if they decide to pursue you.




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Re: Risks of being personally identifiable on UER?
< Reply # 48 on 7/30/2016 3:31 PM >
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The safest way to do it is to wait for the local statute of limitations to pass. On the other hand, most of us including me don't like to wait to share. Technically you'll be identifiable either way, but most cops dont have the time or money to go after urban explorers, so just don't post any pics or locations that might be more interesting to the police or gives them hard evidence like pictures of you in the building. Some people only post interior shots to make locations harder to identify to outsiders.



If you're in the states, check out this informative post:

http://www.uer.ca/...urrpage=1&pp#post0


It does happen, btw. I'm living proof of this. Turns out, "anonymous," isn't as anonymous as one would like to think. It is exceedingly rare, but when it does happen, I promise, you'll wish you had done things differently. Just use common sense and don't forget that UE has its inherent risks.

EDIT: Evidently, I can't read.



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< Reply # 49 on 7/31/2016 11:16 AM >
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It does happen, btw. I'm living proof of this. Turns out, "anonymous," isn't as anonymous as one would like to think. It is exceedingly rare, but when it does happen, I promise, you'll wish you had done things differently. Just use common sense and don't forget that UE has its inherent risks.


Very interested to hear this story...




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Very interested to hear this story...


I'll get back to you after I'm hopefully acquitted.




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