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iplayatari
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O.P. Can contacts see my IP and track me down?
in Messenger 7.0.........I heard you could with older messengers.........how about now?

I tried to do a search on this but IP is under 4 characters long.

Thanks in advance.

This post was edited on 06-09-2005 at 11:58 PM by iplayatari.
06-09-2005 11:57 PM
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RE: Can contacts see my IP and track me down?
they can't see your ip because the msn communication goes through msn's servers, and they "hide" the source of your communication..

so.. unless your contacts use hacking and lots of pinging. they can't. if you have a firewall installed, and use logic when using msn you should be safe though.

somebody correct me if i'm wrong

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06-10-2005 12:05 AM
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Originally posted by Joa...so.. unless your contacts use hacking and lots of pinging. they can't. if you have a firewall installed, and use logic when using msn you should be safe though...


Yeah some of them are computer engineers and love to hack.......but I do have zone alarm and block all pings..........and I've tried proxy's but can't get em to work on my computer..............that's like the only thing aol does good........they hide your ip w/out even asking.
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RE: Can contacts see my IP and track me down?
Unless you type in (!IP) then your IP will not be revealed to your contact :)
06-10-2005 12:15 AM
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Unless you type in (!IP) then your IP will not be revealed to your contact :)

That's good to hear.....thanks.
06-10-2005 12:17 AM
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It's not like you should care if someone has your IP. Really, unless they're packet kiddies with a botnet who'll DDoS you, anyone else who's actually able to do anything would never bother with you.

And note, if they claim to be hackers, then they most likely aren't. A real hacker never admits to being one.
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06-10-2005 06:46 AM
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RE: Can contacts see my IP and track me down?
i dont get IP hiding, clearly the packets need to know where there going so it must have your ip there somewhere
06-10-2005 06:51 AM
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Actually they can see your IP if they use a packetsniffer (100% legal) when you make a file transfer and it doesnt get sent via the MSN servers

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There's no need for a packet sniffer either, you can use tcpview ( http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/TcpView.html ) to see the connection. tcpview is basically netstat but real-time anyway..
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RE: Can contacts see my IP and track me down?
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Originally posted by Segosa
It's not like you should care if someone has your IP. Really, unless they're packet kiddies with a botnet who'll DDoS you, anyone else who's actually able to do anything would never bother with you.

And note, if they claim to be hackers, then they most likely aren't. A real hacker never admits to being one.

Best advice, take it. And if you are so scared of someone hacking you, get off your computer.
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