Why is it bad for someone to have your ip address? What can they do with this information?
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Every website you visit knows your IP address unless you use a VPN. Nothing ever happens from it.
Years ago, I administered a corporate server and web connection back when the internet was new. I needed a vendor to come on the system and debug something. I has set up a firewall to only allow in specific IP addresses. I asked him for his IP address. He stammered and said corporate policy would not allow him to give that out. I think he made that up.
But I told him to telnet into my system. He said it failed. I looked at the firewall logs. I told him he was coming from 123.234.1.2, and to try again, because I added that to the allow list. He sputtered, but logged in and fixed my problem.
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