# Dupe ban accts with same IP not being auto caught anymore

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/dupe-ban-accts-with-same-ip-not-being-auto-caught-anymore/94510
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [12 באוגוסט,‏ 2018,‏ 7:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dupe-ban-accts-with-same-ip-not-being-auto-caught-anymore/94510 "2018-08-12T07:05:41Z")
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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [12 באוגוסט,‏ 2018,‏ 9:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dupe-ban-accts-with-same-ip-not-being-auto-caught-anymore/94510/4 "2018-08-12T09:01:10Z")

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> [@dylanh724](#):
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> All of our mods, including myself, are fairly certain it used to (although we could all be wrong and faced coincidence).

Not to my knowledge, suspending has never blocked the IP of the suspended user. If this did happen, it would be trivial to evade via VPN anyways, if you’re deaing with anyone even mildly sophisticated.

> [@dylanh724](#):
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> Is there an option to auto ban or at least flag (flagging at minimum should be default, IMO) when a dupe is detected when banned?

No, it has never worked that way. You can look up the IP on a user profile to see any matching users by IP though, that’s been a feature for many years.

There is an official browser fingerprinting plugin we’re working on with @dan but it’s still got some bugs to work out.

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