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| hide ip address hello,
yesterday i saw the ip locator site »www.ip-adress.com
it pinpointed me 5 miles from here which is pretty close.
now i want to hide my ip. there are several software products available. what is the best? any suggestions? |
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 jvmorrisI Am The Man Who Was Not There.Premium,MVM
join:2001-04-03
Reston, VA | I have found that disconnecting the computer from the internet works quite well.
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 La LunaSurvived AshrafulPremium
join:2001-07-12
Warwick, NY
kudos:3
 ·Vonage
 ·Optimum Online
| said by jvmorris:I have found that disconnecting the computer from the internet works quite well. Some days, ya' just gotta' say it. 
william, your IP address gives no personally indentifiable information about you (name, street, etc.). It's just an indication of where your ISP server is located.
Of course, it can be used to "identify" you if you have been banned from any sites (still no personal info). I suppose you could use a proxy if you feel you absolutely must do this, but unless you are really trying to hide your identity to circumvent something else, there's really no need.
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»Re: Can I hide my IP (w/o using a proxy)? |
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 exocet_cmYou delete it, I'll find itPremium
join:2003-03-23
New Orleans, LA
kudos:2 | reply to william
I didn't know I live under the parking lot.
At least I found my boat! 
Just kiddin, this must be the ISPs CO or something. I'm not sure what it is called for Cable ISPs. |
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 Link LoggerPremium,MVM
join:2001-03-29
Calgary, AB
kudos:3
·Shaw
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Apparently I died and someone forgot to mention it to me!!!
Blake |
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 BuddelIf it ain't broke, don't fix it.Premium
join:2004-03-06
EU
kudos:3 | reply to william
Gähn!!!
»Wow! We all are not anonmyous!
»Internet privacy |
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it shows me 10 miles from where i live. what a joke. |
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 Doctor FourMy other vehicle is a TARDISPremium
join:2000-09-05
Dallas, TX
2 edits | reply to william
Not even close:
The first image is where that site claims my IP address is
at. It is an apartment complex near Highland Park, off
Travis St. near Lemmon Ave. East and Blackburn St. Nowhere
near my Central Office, which is the building marked with
a black dot in the second image. Too far for me to be able
to get 6000/768 (which means I'm within 5000 feet or so of
that building).
It is likely that was where the previous owner of my IP
address lives. Incidentally, if I'm basing this site's
determination of where my address is, it may change as
my modem rebooted itself while posting.
Edit: it changed all right. Now I appear to be someone
living in Bedford, TX. Quite a feat for my 6M/768K DSL
to reach that far...
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 Anonymous_AnonymousPremium
join:2004-06-21
127.0.0.1
kudos:2
·RoadRunner Cable
·Comcast
·Time Warner VOIP
3 edits | reply to william
my was off by 15 miles |
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23 miles off. Bueno!  |
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 Noah VailSon made my AvatarPremium
join:2004-12-10
Lorton, VA
kudos:1
·Bright House
 ·Sprint Mobile Br..
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Dorothy, Toto, Help Me! Evidently I've caught the magical twister ride to Dorothy's homeland. Suddenly I find myself 1400 miles away, just outside of Topeka Kansas.
It DID correctly identify my country though. Hmmmm. Time to upgrade the tinfoil on my house.
NV
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| reply to william
Re: hide ip address With this IP Address I am in Dolton, IL! Only 295 miles off!
I have sprint broadband, so sometimes I am in IL, CA, FL, AZ, etc. It's all based on where the IP was registered. |
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 NY TelPremium
join:2004-04-09
Smithtown, NY
kudos:3 | reply to william
Mine found the location of my central office in Smithtown. Quite impressive for a change. |
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Mine is 45 minutes away from my house. Doesn't seem very accurate to me. I suggest you use Tor! |
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 mers2Premium,MVM
join:2004-03-20
USA
kudos:8 | reply to william
Mine is roughly 60 miles from my house. Thank heavens I'm not dead like Link Logger .
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 EGeezerSummertimePremium
join:2002-08-04
Midwest
kudos:7
·Callcentric
2 edits | reply to Link Logger
I think I see some guy trying to steal copper wire over there... :D |
Well, my geolocation was about 20 miles off, in a corn field next to a power substation. Now if they drop a nuke over there I might get some fallout. And my internet would go down. However, evil hackers using IP geolocation would be wasting their time trying to find me using that method.
Edited to update findings
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NY TelPremium
join:2004-04-09
Smithtown, NY
kudos:3 Reviews:
·AT&T CallVantage
| Notice that the word address is spelled wrong in the URL. Perhaps it is a cruel trick to get all of us to go to that web site while the Sheboygan virus eats our hard drives and makes mince meat out of our ram?
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EGeezerSummertimePremium
join:2002-08-04
Midwest
kudos:7 Reviews:
·Callcentric
| Re:Misspelling - The domain with correct spelling appears to be parked by somebody looking to make big bucks on selling it, so the site owner probably registered the available misspelled one.
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EGeezerSummertimePremium
join:2002-08-04
Midwest
kudos:7 Reviews:
·Callcentric
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But what about cell phone locators? Hey, your IP address geolocation may be anywhere from a block to hundreds of miles off, but cell phones report real time to GPS - like this one -
»www.sat-gps-locate.com/english/index.html
Muahaahahhaaaaa  ....
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