| 4/14/2008 3:56:07 PM | can someone acquire someone else's IPS number | |
gabbie_florida
Fort Lauderdale, FL
age: 45
| can someone really access someone else's IPS number?
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| 4/14/2008 3:57:39 PM | can someone acquire someone else's IPS number | |
pallyboy
Ramona, CA
age: 48
| there are ways to do it but I don't know how.
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| 4/14/2008 4:04:52 PM | can someone acquire someone else's IPS number | |
gabbie_florida
Fort Lauderdale, FL
age: 45
| thats scarey but i guess any one can do any thing if they really want to especially when it comes to the computer
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| 4/14/2008 4:15:17 PM | can someone acquire someone else's IPS number | |
drumrman
Belmont, MA
age: 43 online now!
| there r several ways someone can access your ip address. however, there r also various software and hardware available to make sure this doesn't happen. my router, for example, sends out various ip's, so, as to no one can capture the actual ip of any of my pcs. best suggestion, get ahold of your isp provider to inquire as to how they best recommed you combat this issue. good luck. 
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| 4/14/2008 4:34:51 PM | can someone acquire someone else's IPS number | |
thebestman
Alpharetta, GA
age: 34
| yes
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| 4/14/2008 4:52:40 PM | can someone acquire someone else's IPS number | |
iwantyoutoo
Lubbock, TX
age: 41
| Dustin has complete list of everyone here IPS address
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| 4/14/2008 4:53:23 PM | can someone acquire someone else's IPS number | |
sea_dragon
Crystal River, FL
age: 31
| especially true when in IM. I recommend a router even if you have only one computer for the added advantage of a hardware firewall. I would also recommend a software firewall. These will help.
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| 4/14/2008 5:03:34 PM | can someone acquire someone else's IPS number | |
midnight08
Clarksburg, WV
age: 37
| what is an ips number? has nobody else caught that?
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| 4/14/2008 5:04:53 PM | can someone acquire someone else's IPS number | |
kfab1023
Jacksonville, FL
age: 52
| HI Midnight I don't know what it is either
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| 4/14/2008 5:08:02 PM | can someone acquire someone else's IPS number | |
hotdoggy13
Nazareth, PA
age: 49
| your ip number is like an electric signiture inside your computer. it says you are you when you go to websites.
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| 4/14/2008 5:09:17 PM | can someone acquire someone else's IPS number | |
cse5711
Shelbyville, KY
age: 50
| he was referring to an IP address...see info below
An IP address refers to a unique number assigned to each computer on the Internet. The IP number is called an "address" because it serves the same purpose as a home address -- it allows each machine on the Internet to be located by a numerical scheme. A domain name, such as www.wiseGEEK.com, also maps to a numerical IP address. In this case, the IP address is 69.56.209.194.
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| 4/14/2008 5:11:28 PM | can someone acquire someone else's IPS number | |
nicksterdemus
Little Rock, AR
age: 50
| When I kan't git my ips i use ups to track my isp while ipfreely...
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| 4/14/2008 5:13:13 PM | can someone acquire someone else's IPS number | |
oldeschoolcharm
Monroe, WA
age: 46
| I recommend a router even if you have only one computer for the added advantage of a hardware firewall. I would also recommend a software firewall. These will help.
Not much. It isn't so much an issue of someone getting IN to your computer via your IP address (which is likely NATed anyway, so your computer isn't directly addressable except in a response to a request you made over an existing TCP/IP session, or a NATed protocol like FTP), as your ISP suffering DNS cache poisioning causing you to be redirected to a bogus version of a well-known site that serves up a page with a trojan that installs, say, a keylogger, or other software, on your PC, even if you're careful in your browsing and email habits.
Once that's done, it's game over: the "spy" is on the inside.
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| 4/14/2008 5:18:38 PM | can someone acquire someone else's IPS number | |
cse5711
Shelbyville, KY
age: 50
|  Oldschoolcharm...that may have been way too much info.
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| 4/14/2008 5:22:54 PM | can someone acquire someone else's IPS number | |
oldeschoolcharm
Monroe, WA
age: 46
| Oldschoolcharm...that may have been way too much info.
The point is that simple knowledge of the IP address of one's computer, by itself, is far less risky to one than knowing where they live.
There are many ways to hijack one's computer that don't require knowing it's (likely NATed and/or dynamically assigned) IP address -- just an ignorant user, or weak operating system.
IOW, while you worry who can see your license plate, someone's set up a bogus gas station with sugar in the gasoline dispensed so your engine siezes some distance down the road.
While that's a lot of effort IRL, in the virtual world, it is far less.
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