What you can do with an IP address, and how to protect yours from hackers

With someone's IP address, you can learn a user's general location, and disable some parts of their internet browsing ...
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Here's What a Hacker Can Really Do With Your IP Address

Revealing your IP can lead to location exposure but not precise pinpointing. Hackers use IP spoofing to conduct undetected attacks by masking their own identity. IP address resale on the dark web ...
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What can someone do with my IP address?

You may not realise it, but your IP address being visible is risky because everyone – including your internet service provider (ISP), the government, and curious snoopers – can use it to track what ...
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Sony Can Collect IP Addresses of PS3 Hacker’s Site Visitors

I’m no lawyer, but this seems a bit frightening. As the story goes, a well-known hacker named George Hotz—also known as GeoHot—figured out how to “jailbreak” Sony’s PlayStation 3 video game console.