If you want to take this to the next level you encrypt your traffic as well. To hide your true identity and online location, you have to change your IP address. However, in the case of a court order the ISP checks the IP change/assignment log to determine to whom the IP was assigned at the time an illegal/legal action took place. Your IP address might be periodically changed by your ISP. Your ISP can do that since they do have a database that connects every IP to the subscribers home address. However, if legal action against you is in the run, your ISP might be legally required to report your exact address. Yet your home address can not be pinpointed yet. By looking at your IP address, one can get a general idea of your geographical location, this narrows the location down to the city name. Does my IP Address Show My Exact Physical Location?īefore reading on I want to make sure this part is properly covered. Having said the above, if you wish to hide your true identity and encrypt your traffic. If legal action against your is in the run, a court order will force your IP to report your exact physical/home address. In general, only your overall area is known.

Allows for law enforcement to know your exact address.

Allows for an entity “hacker, government,ISP”.

Allows your ISP to throttle your Internet speed.

Apart from that it also allows hackers to attack your devices directly as they do know on which door to knock.

Block you from accessing videos or other services based on your location.

Offer you services or advertisements based on your location.

“Think ISP/Websites/Hackers/Government.etc”. This IP is your online fingerprint, it can be used to track you by any entity online. An IP Address is given to each device connected to the Internet which will then allow that device to send and receive data from other devices. The term ‘IP’ stands for Internet Protocol.

We also have tools that check for proxies and IPv6.

If you want to read more about IP addresses, and what information is exposed, see below. WhatsMyIP? If you are asking yourself this question, you can see the answer above, alongside a lot of other exposed information about you.

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