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internet safety
Ok, so i really wanna make it safe for me to go on the internet. Especially with IP addresses and stuff. So i was wondering, do you have any recomendations about how to make it safe for me on the internet? like any free thing to hide my ip address and whatnot.
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Many websites keep your IP addresses hidden but it's not that hard to find out someones IP address but you do need to bare in mind that someone having your IP address alone won't know where you live. IP addresses generally point to the company you are connecting to the internet through (they assign you an IP address when you surf the net). This is just so if you do anything bad on the internet and a company doesn't like it (or for example you share illegal music) they will use your IP address to find out who you connect with and in turn report you to this ISP who then take action against you (if it was something really bad like illegal file sharing).
In general if you want to be safe on the net I suggest just keeping your personal details on the net to a minimum (telling someone your first name won't have them outside your front door a week later - if your THAT scared then I suggest just not using the Internet at all) but giving away things like numbers, addresses and such is generally not a good idea (but that's usually just common sense). Be careful of those who ask what school you go to and such too (it's an easy and 'innocent' way of internet predators to locate you since most kids/teens go to schools that are within walking/travel distance of where they live anyway.
It all comes down to commen sense. Just be careful about the kind of information you give out on the net and as someone already said, use spyware filter on your omputer to prevent that junk as well as a good firewall to keep hackers out. That should keep you safe. :] You won't be able to hide your IP address from everyone. Posting on certain message boards will sometimes stamp your post with your IP number (this is generally for administrators and moderators of the boards incase there's a problem as I've had in the past with malicious posters who I then reported to their ISP using their IP address). Virtually every web site you visit may keep a record of your IP address as well but as someone already stated the information is kept private and confidential so you'd be safe there as well. :]
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most websites keep all your important imformation private. but if your still worried you can put anti-spyware on your computer. it makes sure that nobody can put viruses onto your computer that will let people see you private information.
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