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I just wrote it all down and clicked a link and it deleted the text.
In short: You have 1 IP from the ISP for the internet, you have multiple IPs for the local network. Meaning the operating system must be the one issuing them. Virtual machines also get their own local IP, meaning the machine must be able to generate any amount of them.
If these phones each have their own ISP, it's different, and probably harder to replicate.
No, multiple IPs on a local network doesn’t mean an operating system is issuing them. You can simply have multiple physical devices on a local network.
> If these phones each have their own ISP, it's different, and probably harder to replicate.
If what you’re trying to say is that organizations can detect if a thousand upvotes are all coming from the same IP, then yeah it’s true, we all know that’s possible.
But that in no way means it’s virtualized. There’s no foolproof way to tell if something is virtualized just by the IP.
From Gemini: "In essence, while an OS can't magically create IP addresses out of thin air, it can effectively manage and assign multiple IP addresses to different network interfaces or to a single interface."
Also: "A single computer can effectively simulate multiple devices within a network, making it appear to other network devices as if there are 10 distinct entities."
And as of doing this over the internet, there are ways to do it: Cloud-Based Proxies, rent Data Center Services, VPNs.
> But that in no way means it’s virtualized. There’s no foolproof way to tell if something is virtualized just by the IP.
I know. In the past I did check that, and it was not universally working. So that wouldn't be a problem then.
And ultimately communication between clients (browsers) and hosts (web servers) occurs through exchange of data, meaning a program could provide false information (aka lie). The only thing that cannot be really changed is the IP address. The problem is that our browsers are too compliant with providing "self-incriminating" data, and also let JavaScript do too much.
The streetshitters could have programmed the ideal operating system, browser and other tools to run these manipulative schemes. Instead they placate their wall with a load of phones.