[AusNOG] Victorian Police - internal assistance??

[Matt Perkins]

I had the WA Police contact us once asking for details for an IP that  
was not even with us. When I sent them a polite fax (it was fax back 
then) that the IP was with XYZ ISP not us. They sent me a stern letter 
saying if i did not co-operate they would get a court order.

They went away after a few months of two and fro before they stopped 
bugging me.  This was pre-data retention days. Seems nothing has changed.


Matt.



On 30/8/17 11:04 am, Ross Wheeler wrote:
>
> *Still shaking my head in disbelief*
>
> Just had a call from a local police officer. Identified himself and 
> his station, investigating a suicide. (Not sure why I had to know 
> that, but anyway).
>
> Needed some "technical assistance".
>
> "Is everyone in the same house going to have the same ISP number?"
> *blink*
> "What I mean is, the guys computer was on wifi, will it have the same 
> ISP number as other people in the house?"
>
> Took a moment to figure out... "Do you mean IP Address?".
>
> "Yes, ISP address number"
>
> "He may have called lifeline, they keep all the details"...
>
> Surely these guys must have some internal department or at least a 
> book of "technical terms for dummies" for this stuff? Worries me that 
> he'll go to someone else in the house, get their "ISP number" from the 
> computer network settings, and trot off to Lifeline with a 192.168.1.x 
> address for them to look for...
>
> Justice cannot be done when people are this ignorant... to I try to 
> call back and point them to some "clue department" that can give him a 
> hand?
> (If so, anyone know a department/number/process that's appropriate?)
>
>
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