You are invisible on the Internet?

It is true that your IP-address is not a secret. It is an integral part of Internet communication protocols, your IP-address when connecting to another website, site, chat, online games, etc. Without the IP address of your computer at the other end is not known where to send you a reply.

But that does not mean that evil can find your house if they know your IP-address. Every time you connect (if you have dialup) or each time you restart your computer (if you have cable or DSL) is an IP-address assigned, randomly selected from the group of IP, the Internet Service Provider (ISP).

WHOIS Your ISP

Thus, a person may order a general idea of their geographical location, based on your IP-address to search the database of WHOIS, but only to say that the physical location of the provider – not the home address.

And if you’re one of the leading providers of Internet services on a national or regional level, the search shows IP is probably nothing of interest. For example, if you are a subscriber of AOL, your IP-address search shows the location on the Dulles, Va. – regardless of where you live.
If the law comes into Adamova ‘

Of course, there are exceptions to this rule all. If Joe or Jane User calls your ISP and wants to know who a certain IP-address last Tuesday, the provider will provide them. But if a law enforcement officer hands your ISP a court to disclose this information, they should do. The entries from your ISP will allow them to determine that one client IP-address on a specific date and time, and such information, unless the court found the grounds that a crime has been committed by that person.

But for the true paranoiac (or criminal about this) There are ways to surf the Internet anonymously. Anonymizer service as a proxy between you and your ISP and say that their information was not mentioned because they are stored.
What is e-mail?

The same applies to email. Part of the “@” is the domain name from your ISP. And because a domain name, you can use the physical location of the ISP, but not the identity of the user e-mail without a warrant.

Web-based email accounts are not anonymous either. Even if you are not your real name until the time of signing, you may use your IP-address and track you through your ISP, if necessary.
Other considerations

It is much more likely that you or your children, your physical location of the old way – just blurting it. Kids who chat or play online games should be reminded that they often do not include personal information such as your name, phone number or address.

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