eli5 What are the consequences of someone knowing your ip and/or location/country?

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Asking this because someone who has a beef on me told me that he knew my ip and where I message from.
I’m super ignorant in computer stuff, along with being paranoic about someone messing my computer/Phone up.
What is the worst harm which they can do to my laptop and/or personal information
Thanks for reading

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99.999% of the time, nothing will happen. You can usually change your IP with ease, though, if you’re concerned. The easiest way is to just change one digit on your modems MAC address and restart it. It’ll force it to grab a new IP from your ISP. You can also try just rebooting your modem, not your router, and sometimes it’ll grab a new ip. You can check your current ip by going to what’smyip dot com and seeing it before and after a restart. You can also call your ISP and ask them to assign you a new IP.

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