i got all that except what is GUID generator? Well, i know what one is, but how is that relevant to online social forums, the generate their own backend guids.
This is my area of interest so I'm going to write a bunch of bullshit that's not important. Feel free to ignore.
It's actually UUID as per the RFC. Some softwares like to call it a "GUID" because the writers of the software are bullshit idiots who like to pretend they invented everything but I digress.
A version 4 (random) UUID looks something like this: 27685875-da51-4dac-ad93-0e14ec5a683b or 60695e27-2e23-4da5-9e1b-58d01ad87479. Most websites wont let you use that as a user name though.
In my opinion if you want a random smattering of letters/numbers as a user name you're better off using something like https://www.random.org/strings/
If you want something that doesn't look too much like a bot wrote it then using something like 2 words from https://www.rempe.us/diceware/#eff would look better.
Seems a bit much. The VPN is the core issue I think.
What most likely happened is Twitter turned over the guy's IP address with timestamps, and then the police went to his ISP with that info and asked for his name and address, and the ISP folded immediately and gave them everything they wanted.
i got all that except what is GUID generator? Well, i know what one is, but how is that relevant to online social forums, the generate their own backend guids.
This is my area of interest so I'm going to write a bunch of bullshit that's not important. Feel free to ignore.
It's actually UUID as per the RFC. Some softwares like to call it a "GUID" because the writers of the software are bullshit idiots who like to pretend they invented everything but I digress.
A version 4 (random) UUID looks something like this: 27685875-da51-4dac-ad93-0e14ec5a683b or 60695e27-2e23-4da5-9e1b-58d01ad87479. Most websites wont let you use that as a user name though.
In my opinion if you want a random smattering of letters/numbers as a user name you're better off using something like https://www.random.org/strings/
If you want something that doesn't look too much like a bot wrote it then using something like 2 words from https://www.rempe.us/diceware/#eff would look better.
Preach my dood. Basically he was misusing the term guid. That is why I asked him to explain. This is also my area of expertise.
Just generates a random enough User ID for registering on social media, email, etc.
When humans try and type “random” they usually favor certain things. Rather just have each character be 100% as random as possible. 🤷🏼♂️
Ok. That's what I thought
Seems a bit much. The VPN is the core issue I think.
What most likely happened is Twitter turned over the guy's IP address with timestamps, and then the police went to his ISP with that info and asked for his name and address, and the ISP folded immediately and gave them everything they wanted.
Or the idiot registered with a real phone number. 🤦🏼♂️