How do hackers actually obtain your IP and do (and if so how) VPNs stop them?
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There are many ways hackers can get your IP. VPNs don’t necessarily protect from hackers. Instead, they hide where the request is coming from. This is more for accessing restricted content.
Imagine I wrote you a letter, and handed it to you personally. You would know it came from me, cause, well, I handed it to you. Now imagine I mail the letter to you via the post office, with a PO Box as the return address. You have no idea who sent the letter, since the post office handles millions of transactions, but you can still reply by sending letters to my PO Box. The VPN is the post office.
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