# Does IP:LOGGED work?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-ip-logged-work/18699>\
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**Created:** [May 5, 2000, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-ip-logged-work/18699 "2000-05-05T20:05:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2000, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-ip-logged-work/18699/1 "2000-05-05T20:05:49Z")

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I’m just asking because there seems to lot of multi-user name / sock puppets around . All the users I’ve seen that have been banned for this activity have either been sniffed out by somebody or have unmasked themselves by doing something stupid . So does it work ?

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2000, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-ip-logged-work/18699/2 "2000-05-05T20:34:51Z")

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Found three just this afternoon. 🙂

your humble TubaDiva  
Administrator  
Be vewwy quiet . . . I’m hunting sock puppets

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**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2000, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-ip-logged-work/18699/3 "2000-05-05T20:39:08Z")

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Cool . 🙂 🙂

Must of missed the threads. Keep up the good work.