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Technically there is no way they can trace your identity...
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not really... all they need to do is find out your ip address (which isn't hard at all) call your internet company and tell them you were violating their rules and the internet company will probably give out your name and phone number (because your name and number isn't necessarily confidential like your address, etc). from there, it would be pretty easy to find you. after all, collegeboard probably has you're name, number, address, etc from the SAT registration.</p>
<p>Trinity,
Thanks for putting out the word. Frankly, the ban on discussing FRQs should be LONGER than two days. Kids at schools offering both IB and AP exams get special dispensation for alternate scheduling, sometimes for more than two days. In addition, students with extended time may also be scheduled for different days days, esp. if they are taking two exams normally scheduled for the same day, AM and PM.</p>
<p>Just to add to what Trinity and other posters have said: I was around three years ago on the old CC when that whole discussion was going on. I actually took the same AP Calc exam and remember reading the "official" AP calc discussion thread and then hearing a couple days later that people had gotten scores canceled for discussing the test. People were freaking out for the next couple days wondering if they would be the next ones getting a phone call from ETS. At that point, CB's policies were fairly vague on what could be discussed - but the new</a> policies spell it out clearly. So be smart and don't discuss specifics for 48 hours. And good luck on your exams!</p>
<p>Countingdown, I don't know how it's done anymore, but when I took AP exams, I think that if you didn't take the test on the normal test date, you used a different test form and the "makeup" test form had an agreement that you would never discuss the content of the test.</p>
<p>This is ridiculous. People should be able to talk about whatever test, exam, they want. The College Board has nothing to do with CC, and if CC is asked for information they should ignore College Board's request.</p>
<p>CC isn't the only college forum around so i wonder how and why CB would track down anyone violating their rules. Don't get me wrong, rules are rules, but a little extreme from where i'm sitting.</p>
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CC didn't give the CB any information in 2004, but they were still able to track posters down based on other information they had posted (stats, high school info etc)
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<p>Are we sure about that?</p>
<p>And I agree with tanman. CC could tell members about CB's rules, but IMHO, the final call should be with the user. And I get the feeling Tri_N didn't really fight too much. He posted that his principal told him CB "had evidence"; I would have demanded to see it, asked what pinpointed them to me, etc...</p>
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LaxChamp, CC didn't give the CB any information in 2004, but they were still able to track posters down based on other information they had posted (stats, high school info etc)
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<p>That sounds a little fishy ... Just using some anonymous postings on the itnernet wouldn't be able to proove anything I'n a court of law. Hell, even actually having an IP address wouldn't be able to proove anything considering anyone could have been using the computer.</p>
<p>Doesn't it seem a bit "Big Brotherish" to be hunting people down and telling them what they can and cannot talk about?</p>
<p>In a civil case, the standard of proof is "the preponderance of the evidence." An IP address and previous posts would probably be sufficient to establish the identity of the poster.</p>
<p>I know I'm opening a can of worms, but why are we allowed to discuss SAT tests so freely on this forum (but not APs) when all of us signed agreements not to talk about those questions either?</p>
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What's with the no discussing questions rule? Says who? CollegeBoard? Aren't the SAT questions discussed in great detail on the other board on CC? Besides, we're all anonymous...
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<p>Self quote. 1st page of Gov AP thread. Never addressed...</p>
<p>I'm not encouraging any of you to break the rules (though I do it all the time), but I just want you all to know that IP address does not hold in court. My brother was taken to court by SONY for downloading files illegally from Limewire, and the primary evidence that SONY used was IP Address. IP address isn't accurate, since people can use other hosts and connect to networks where IP Addresses are linked and crap. My bro of course countersued on the account of wasting his time due to false accusations, as well as due to the costs of paying for a lawyer...he won, end of case. </p>
<p>Three of my friends from school have also been taken to court, and they have also been able to easily and successfully shut down the IP address claim. However, if you don't bring the inaccuracy of an IP address to the court's attention, you will lose. So if you don't know, now you know.</p>
<p>"not really... all they need to do is find out your ip address (which isn't hard at all) call your internet company and tell them you were violating their rules and the internet company will probably give out your name and phone number (because your name and number isn't necessarily confidential like your address, etc). from there, it would be pretty easy to find you. after all, collegeboard probably has you're name, number, address, etc from the SAT registration."</p>
<p>lol. I'd like to see that be done. Its not that simple.</p>
<p>Out of plain curiosity, why does CollegeConfidential care if we "break the rules"? Could some moderator/administrator answer? Does CC get in trouble by us posting "illegal" AP information?</p>
<p>the original person in question should deserve a 0 on his AP and be forbidden from any other APs for being that stupid and discussing the answers</p>
<p>in response to coot66...it's kind of like the file sharing legality, file sharing programs are not actually providing illegal music, but they are facilitating an environment where people can actively get illegal music</p>