Does IP Address Reveal my Physical Location? - Comments Page 3

Hi,
You may trace an ip address. But i use ip-details to get an an ip location or ip latitude

hai,

It's nice.We can find the geolocation of an ip address by using ip-details. It's also useful for me.

i hear my location can be figured out by police through an email and through chat sites. can the police figure out my location if they know my computer name and/or ip address??

Bob, I decided to give "Anonymyzer" a 7 day FREE trial. A question I do have is: What does my ISP now SEE that I have installed "Anonymyzer"? Keep in mind that I had to give my Cable Modem's & Router's MAC addresses years ago when I first signed up with my ISP. Does "Anonymyzer" conceal those addresses as well as my CPU's IP? Since I am behind those devices, I DO CARE that the addresses of those DEVICES be concealed first since they lead to my node on my home LAN. Whether or not jerks see my IP address is immaterial really though that is a bonus in my case for Intranet privacy.

What does my ISP NOW SEE packet wise (MAC addresses included) once "Anonymyzer" is installed?

EDITOR'S NOTE: I'm almost certain your ISP will not see anything different, in terms of your IP and MAC addresses.

Bob,

Thank you for your timely reply. ;-)

I am fining out that the ISP is the one folks have to fear the most - not just the hackers in terms of privacy, information harvesting, and tracking etc... Products like "Anonymyzer" _claim_ that once one uses their product, that one is enshrouded in anonymous safety. How can that be? If ISP's still can access everyone's IP and MAC addresses everyone is still very very vulnerable, especially if Enforcement Officials are brought into the picture & summon your information from ISPs. "Anonymyzer" only spoofs one's IP address but beyond that what does it offer really since it does NOT offer complete anonymity? HOW can one achieve complete anonymity on the Web today?

FourEyedLady

Bob, how can i find out the exact physical location of my cell phone.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Search on Google for "locate a gps phone".

Hello Bob. How are you doing? I was wondering, if I send an e-mail through a yahoo account just for info purposes and no crime has been committed, just an e-mail sent with a diff name other than my own, can the recepient get my IP address own their own? If so, how? If they can, what info can they get? I really appreciate your help!!

EDITOR'S NOTE: Yes, if you send an email using Yahoo, the recipient can see your IP address. In the full headers, there will be something like this:

Received: from [12.345.789.901] by web123.mail.sp1.yahoo.com

The number in the brackets is the sender's IP address. But why would you care? IP addresses are public information, and that's by design. Did you read the article on which you commented?

I found a new site to check out IP Address geolocation through
http://www.ipaddressgeolocation.com

I had someone recently get my IP address since I posted on their message board and they posted it in public. Now lots of people have it. However, the IP they have is not my ISP's IP but instead my router's IP address. Is there anything I can do to change the IP address of my router? I have dynamic IP addresses from my ISP (roadrunner) and when I asked them they assured me they would not tell anyone who I am based on my IP ( I wonder if they even can if the person gives them the IP that is really for my router). So what can I do here to remain anonymous? Thanks very much!

EDITOR'S NOTE: The Internet is designed so that every site you connect with will see your IP address. It's not meant to be private, and you shouldn't be concerned if someone knows it. Knowing your IP address doesn't give anyone the power to hack into your computer, nor does it reveal who you are. BTW, if you have dynamic IP addresses from your ISP, then the address assigned to your router isn't really "yours". What you describe is the situation for 99% of all broadband users. Nothing to worry about here...

OK so may I make sure I have a complete understanding of this. The IP address which is associated with my router is not only mine but quite possibly many other people in my area? In other words, the IP I have might be the same as other people who use the same brand of router and have the same ISP as me? Many thanks! (BTW my fears are not for hacking but for someone to find out my name, home address, etc.. or for them to be able to say "since his IP is XXXXXXX, then this post HAS to be from his computer)

Hello,

I used my laptop to send a complaint through yahoo about my work at a local city goverment. They are now UPSET.

They are trying to find out who sent it. Can they trace me. Can they also trace me back to the same IP if I log in at my outlook mail from same laptop? Will yahoo or my dsl give me up? It was just a complaint one my manager but they are saying it was slander.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Yahoo and your ISP will not give up that info without a court order. However, if you sent an email through Yahoo, the recipient can look in the "full headers" to see the sender's IP address. If you send other emails from that same IP address (regardless of the email program used), the recipient COULD assume that you sent the other one. With dialup, you typically get a different IP address every time you logon. Not sure if that's the case with DSL.

If someone sent you an message on facebook, can you get an IP address from that? If so what exactly can they find out? Just your geographic location or can they get your physical address and name? Please respond I need this information asap.

EDITOR'S NOTE: You can't see the IP address of a person who sends you a Facebook message, and they can't see yours if you reply.

hello, I am in Srilanka
my office email account has been hacked by a person in united kingdom (IP says that). can i take actions toward him from sri lanka.

I posted a comment on a couple of blogs. I wasn't registered to post, the site lets anyone make comments. My comments were not criminal in nature or anything, but I now regret doing it. I guess I'm paranoid. Could someone find my identity by contacting the blogs and getting the IP address that is attached to a comment? Thanks.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Even if they did so, the IP address does not identify you, or your location, unless law enforcement compels your ISP to divulge that info.

Please I need your help to understand very serious issue. I do not have an access to my computer at work for the last 2,5 months, the same I do not have an access to my work emails. What happened is that few days ago, I have received an email which was sent from my work account into my private email account (hotmail) at about 9pm, although I do not have an access to it. Only myself know the password and I bealive that the administrator can also access my work emails if needed. The most interesting thing is that the email which I received was sent by me from my hotmail account from my personal laptop on 16th of June from the UK. I travelled back to Oman on 17th of June and started to work on 19thof June. I did access my hotmail emails in general on work computer but did not sent that email from work computer at that time. Now, when I started work, company asked me if I can use my privet laptop for few days before they give me computer (desktop). I agreed and they set up Microsoft Outlook with my work email account and I also been given access to the server. After a week or so, I got desktop and all access from my private laptop was cancelled. I have not received any work emails in Outlook on my private laptop from 15th December 2009 until last few days. I started to wander how this is possible to receive email from my work account if I do not have an access to it. I checked my outlook on my privet laptop and Outlook with work account is now activated and what is more, that email is in ?sent? box which means that it was sent from my privet laptop. How??? Also back in August, I have been given the company laptop and the administrator copied all information from my desktop to company laptop and told me that I should use only laptop from now on, because emails which I open on desktop will not be shown on laptop. And this is correct. Please give me some options how these things happened. Is it possible to check from which computer that email was sent and also how they got an email which was sent from private laptop and from different country.

EDITOR'S NOTE: My head hurts after reading that, but my best guess is that the message was somehow stuck in an outbox, and something triggered its eventual sending.

Today I got a call from a dispute resolution center they said that last year I got a payday loan and never paid it back so they were filing a case against me and if I lose I'll go jail. They said they traced the email account I used to do the loan with through my I P address. My email is with AOL. I think I'm being scammed????

Someon has sent me an e-mail on behalf of my boss(he/she used his work e-mail) Ufortunately i erased the e-mail from my in-box and I am unable to see the FULL HEADER. Is there any other way to find out which IP has sent it? e.g Can a server administrator find out which IP accessed the web mail?

Hi,
I have a facebook with my real name and info on it. I created a fake fb account and messed with one of my friends on it. I sent messanges and posted comments on her page. a guy I do not not sent me a friend request and a message on my fake account.I accepted it and then deleted him.then I get on my real account and the same guy sent me a message and friend request. The message said that I'd better stop playing with peoples minds and how he will prove that I am the one doing it. so my question is can this guy figure out that I was using two fb accounts because i responded to his friend request and message by comparing the IP addresses? How can he prove that I was the one doing it? When no one else knew about my having two fb accounts.

Hey thanks for this useful thoughts.
but I've a little question here
Facebook is blocked in my country,so I'm using a different IP addresses (from foreign countries)to login .so my question is can my government know what I am doing exactly there,or my real identity?

Thanks for the useful info=) I have another question. Someone sent me horrible messages in Facebook and I was determined to find out who it was, but she either she blocked me or deactivated her account. So my question would be, is there any way that I can trace her IP address if she blocked me or deactivated her account? My brother said that his friend might have a CD that he can install on my computer that can trace IP address? Is it true, are there really CDs that you can install as tracers? If so, how accurate are they? Thank you!

EDITOR'S NOTE: You don't need a CD to trace IP addresses. There are plenty of websites that can give you an approximate geo-location for an IP address. But without a court order, it will NOT personally identify the user.