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If you thought you are anonymous on the net, it is quite the opposite.  You are more easily tracked.  Even if you are coast guard guy wanting to post information on the net.

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Coast Guard Officer Says He Leaked Trawler Videos
TOKYO (Nikkei)—A Japan Coast Guard officer admitted to Tokyo police Wednesday that he posted videos on the Internet of an incident involving a Chinese trawler that touched off a diplomatic feud with China.

Police see the possibility of an arrest in the case. They will resume questioning the officer Thursday as part of a probe involving Tokyo district prosecutors.

Sources familiar with the investigation say the 43-year-old officer, who is based at the 5th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters in Kobe, told his commander Wednesday morning that he had leaked the footage. In police questioning, the officer said he had visited an Internet cafe in Kobe where investigators believe the videos were posted online, the sources say. But he reportedly gave only vague answers on how he obtained the videos and his motive for releasing them.

According to the Coast Guard’s Kobe headquarters and other sources, the man being questioned serves as a chief officer on the patrol ship Uranami.

The Metropolitan Police Department is working to substantiate the officer’s admission and uncover how he may have obtained the videos. Coast Guard sources say anyone cleared to access the agency’s computer network could have acquired them.

The footage of the collisions between the Chinese trawler and Coast Guard ships near the Senkaku Islands was noticed last Thursday on YouTube, a video-sharing site. Without naming a defendant, the Coast Guard filed a criminal complaint Monday, starting the police investigation.

Information provided by Google Inc., which operates YouTube, indicates that the videos were likely posted at the Kobe cafe. Tokyo detectives arrived in the city Tuesday night to track down the culprit.

(The Nikkei Nov. 11 morning edition)