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Can they read my IP address?

PC840

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Posted October 5, 2012 at 7:02PM

If I'm on a forum can my IP address be read, by other posters?

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northumbria61

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Posted October 5, 2012 at 7:31PM

In the Search box top right of screen type in "Can my IP address be seen on the Forums" and you will see the replies.

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rdave13

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Posted October 5, 2012 at 9:27PM

No. Not on a forum.

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lotvic

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Posted October 5, 2012 at 9:53PM

No, not by other posters. And if you have a dynamic IP address it wouldn't do them any good even if they could.

Here's some general info: http://www.techsupportalert.com/explanation-of-ip-address.htm

Read all the page, I like this bit: "there are some ISPs who issue the same IP to all customers, since this prevents them from hosting any kind of service. AOL and Hughes.net are examples - all their customers have the same IP on the web. Obviously, their IPs are different all the way into the ISP's equipment, otherwise they could not be differentiated on the network - but to the outside world, all customers are at one address."

For a joke if anyone ever asks you for yours, tell them it's 127.0.0.1 (there's no place like home ;))

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rdave13

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Posted October 5, 2012 at 10:00PM

lotvic Whaat? Dynamic or not. You do waffle sometimes.

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lotvic

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Posted October 5, 2012 at 10:29PM

rdave13, you're right, I do, I have, I am, it's Friday night - nuff said... ;)

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PC840

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Posted October 6, 2012 at 12:29PM

Thanks for the replies, but somebody was claiming they could and then posted some details which were near the mark, and I wondered if I had been hacked!

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rdave13

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Posted October 6, 2012 at 12:48PM

This is what you get of your location with the IP address, click here. For me it got UK right but that's it.

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PC840

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Posted October 6, 2012 at 9:06PM

'For me it got UK right but that's it' yep, that OK, but I was thinking somebody with a bit more Knowledge could hack their way to my computer. I mean if people can do it to the Pentagon computers a Windows7 firewall isn't going to be much of a block!

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rdave13

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Posted October 6, 2012 at 9:54PM

I've got a strong wireless key, router firewall, win 7 firewall, free Avast and free malwarebytes and a paid for SAS. Also got spywareblaster as a blocker. I also use Trusteer Rapport. I'm sure if MI6 needed to hack my PC I suppose they could but I'm not important enough to warrant it. Some people would say that my security is over the top but I'm happy with it.

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quiller

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Posted October 6, 2012 at 10:06PM

PC840

A moderator could see your IP address and just feed it to a site like this

It will just give a wide location to where you are.

Nothing to worry about. Only an ISP can pinpoint your exact location unless you have a static IP address. Most ISP's have a dynamic address's.

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