Is it good to hide your IP address?
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First of all a firewall does NOT hide your IP address! Your IP address is ESSENTIAL for you to use the internet. IP stands for Internet Protocol. It tells routers where to send information. Your IP address is like the address for your house. Every site you visit is going to see your IP address and if you use a proxy server or whatever, that proxy is going to see your IP address. If you use a router, the NAT (Network Address Translation) will stealth all computers on your network. (until you use port forwarding in which only that port will be visible.) Now, if your worried about a malicious program getting on your computer, install a firewall and anti virus and you will be internet safe!
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your ip address is able to be found , and so is mine, and everyone elses, but unless you are on a static ip, i would not worry so much. as for finding your real identity,  not by ip address(providing your are on a dynamic ip). just be careful as to exactly how much personal info(name, birthdate, where you live, etc) that you actually put out on the net.
1038378
thru your ip address.
513784
It may cause less problems if you are static, but if you are using a laptop you won't be as free as you think.  I would let the ISP pick the IP that you get...Dynamic.
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It's damn simple. Just opt for "Full-Headers" rather than "Brief-Headers". Originating IP address will be disclosed to you automatically.\n\nRegards\n(Siddharth Razdan)
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No;\n\nWhen using Yahoo! Mail your browser sends data to the Yahoo! servers. So Yahoo! server can [and should] know your IP. But the one who view the messages will not be able to get the IP.\n\nWant to hide your IP? Use a proxy server with a app like "ProxyWay". Google  "proxy ProxyWay" to find out more...
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Yes.  Your IP and MAC addresses can be logged by the service provider.  This is generally used to track your surfing habits so that online retailers and such can provide more accurate advertising for sales.  It is also used as study for some to provide better services.  They cannot use this information against you in any way unless you have been caught engaging in illegal activity over the internet such as hacking or building child porn sites and such.  It is possible for all ISPs to track surfing habits, but not all do (unless asked to by law enforcement).  Check your service provider's privacy policy to get more specific information.
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1. If you have to ask, you won't understand.\n2. You are asking how to create viruses on a public forum that records your ip.  How smart is that?
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Of course this can be done, but only approximately, and only in some cases. \n\nPeople can use proxies and other tricks to try to make it harder to know where they are logging in from, of course. Even when people are not actively trying to prevent you from tracing them, the IP lookup techniques still fail in a few percent of the cases (see references). \n\nI have included several different sites with different tools for looking up IP addresses (not all of these will be independent methods, probably). One also includes more in depth tutorials to do this when you are dealing with a difficult case, and need to do more in-depth research rather than using a simple tool.
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you may ask your service provider for this err... service. or you may download, for a fee, IP masking software, like HideIP.
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Use this site to mask the address
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go in to the group.  hit the edit settings. there is a check box that says hide my ip adress or somthing like that
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It is not a site, it is the IP address of your router.
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No they can't.\n\nThe best comparison is... if someone knows my home address, can they steal everything in my house.\n\nAn IP address is like a street address.  Having said that, if you don't leave your doors and windows open someone would probably break into your house.  Same with computers, you should use a firewall ( I prefer a hardware firewall/router) and make sure that your Operating system and applications are patched.
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you can hide it.. an ready to use brouser is http://www.jj4.net\nhttp://ww.unipeak.com\nyou can  hide ip using many other softwares too. \nor you can use proxy server which are freely avialable, the are many ways  to hide your ip address.
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ermm.. no, it will never work. It is a private address, asigned to your computer to identify it within your network.\n\nTo find out your public ip,  go to run, cmd, ipconfig/all\n\nif not, just go to www.whatismyip.com\nGood Luck
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Dont panic! If you have DSL or Cable Internet you can just disconnect and reconnect to get a new IP, that way if you are worried about being hacked, they wont know which IP you are using anymore. Also, IP addresses in general cannot be traced more specifically than the neighborhood level, so it doesnt trace straight to your house. Someone would need more information on you to make it mean something.