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Commissioned by the Research and Documentation Centre (WODC), Dialogic is exploring the technical investigative possibilities with increasing reutilisation of IP addresses.
On the internet, your IP address acts as a kind of 'license plate'. When something illegal happens, it is important that the police and judiciary can trace the person behind it based on the IP address. These IP(v4) addresses - of which there are several billion available - are scarce: as more and more devices become 'connected', IP addresses are increasingly being reused. It is quite possible that you are using the same number on the internet as a criminal. This research involves an exploration of technical possibilities to still enable investigation in those cases, without compromising the privacy of innocent citizens.
Want to learn more? Please contact Tommy van der Vorst.