QUOTE(Daniel Brandt @ Mon 7th December 2009, 8:02pm)
They must have money. He says he's been in France for three years. Is Mark telecommuting into Foundation66's computer? Is it possible to fake ownership of a bed and breakfast in Beziers, France?
Good questions... I mean, if you look at one of the
most recent Livingston edits the IP geolocates to College Station, TX of all places (on suddenlink.net).
This one geolocates to somewhere in Canada, though that's probably someone who heard about the lawsuit and decided to hurry up and get in on the fun before the article was protected.
It's possible he's had help doing all this from friends, or he might even have a botnet for all we know. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to learn that he was remoting into a Foundation66 computer (or a resident's computer with a Foundation66 IP address). Maybe he doesn't actually work for Foundation66 at all (despite
this, which I should note is not on the Foundation66 website and was posted by someone else, named "Richard" - so even that could be phony). He might have just known somebody there, for all we know... I mean, if Foundation66 is running a Windows NT (or higher) domain controller that exposes a proxy that's remotely available to anyone with a domain account there, he wouldn't even have to use a remoting program, right? Just specify that that's his proxy server in his Internet settings.
But ultimately, yes, I do think it's easier (or at least more likely) for someone to fake a social-services job than a French B&B.
It's also possible that both the Foundation66 connection
and Maison de l'Orb are fake, but it should be possible for any decent journalist to check both of those things.