{"id":6195,"date":"2023-10-18T14:47:43","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T14:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/?p=6195"},"modified":"2023-10-18T14:47:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T14:47:43","slug":"how-to-find-someone-ip-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/how-to-find-someone-ip-address\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Find out Someone\u2019s IP Address?"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p>One\u2019s IP address serves as his means of identification online. To find out the major ways you can get someone\u2019s IP address on the Internet and how to prevent your IP address from being detected online, read the article.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><picture class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8501 perfmatters-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bestproxyreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Find-Someone\u2019s-IP-Address.jpg.webp 1000w, https:\/\/www.bestproxyreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Find-Someone\u2019s-IP-Address-300x167.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.bestproxyreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Find-Someone\u2019s-IP-Address-768x426.jpg.webp 768w\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201000%20555'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201000%20555'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Find Someone\u2019s IP Address\" width=\"1000\" height=\"555\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bestproxyreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Find-Someone\u2019s-IP-Address.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bestproxyreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Find-Someone\u2019s-IP-Address.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.bestproxyreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Find-Someone\u2019s-IP-Address-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bestproxyreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Find-Someone\u2019s-IP-Address-768x426.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/picture>\n<noscript><picture class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8501\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bestproxyreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Find-Someone\u2019s-IP-Address.jpg.webp 1000w, https:\/\/www.bestproxyreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Find-Someone\u2019s-IP-Address-300x167.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.bestproxyreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Find-Someone\u2019s-IP-Address-768x426.jpg.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestproxyreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Find-Someone\u2019s-IP-Address.jpg\" alt=\"Find Someone\u2019s IP Address\" width=\"1000\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bestproxyreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Find-Someone\u2019s-IP-Address.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.bestproxyreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Find-Someone\u2019s-IP-Address-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bestproxyreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Find-Someone\u2019s-IP-Address-768x426.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/>\n<\/picture>\n<\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>For many Internet users, they see no reason why they should worry about their own IP address or the IP address of another person on the Internet. Heck, many do not even know what the term IP address means \u2013 yet, it is incredibly important to the workings of the Internet.<\/p>\n<p>Ad companies are out using them to their advantage, so are hackers and web services. It is important you know how one\u2019s IP address can be detected by another person on the Internet. By knowing how one\u2019s IP address is exposed on the Internet, you are a step ahead of knowing how to keep yours safe.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, you will also learn how to <a href=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/how-to-hide-ip-address\/\">keep your IP address hidden<\/a> so that it is not revealed to those interested in having it. This gives you some level of anonymity compared to other Internet users that have their real IP address exposed. Before going into detail, we expect you already know what an IP address is. If you do not then read our <a href=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/ip-address\/\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">IP Address 101 article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Working_Ways_of_Finding_Someones_IP_Address_Online\"><\/span><strong>Working Ways of Finding Someone\u2019s IP Address Online<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><picture class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8497 perfmatters-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Method-of-Finding-IP-Address-Online.jpg.webp 1129w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Method-of-Finding-IP-Address-Online-300x151.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Method-of-Finding-IP-Address-Online-1024x515.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Method-of-Finding-IP-Address-Online-768x386.jpg.webp 768w\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201000%20503'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201000%20503'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Method of Finding IP Address Online\" width=\"1000\" height=\"503\" data-src=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Method-of-Finding-IP-Address-Online.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Method-of-Finding-IP-Address-Online.jpg 1129w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Method-of-Finding-IP-Address-Online-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Method-of-Finding-IP-Address-Online-1024x515.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Method-of-Finding-IP-Address-Online-768x386.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/picture>\n<noscript><picture class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8497\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Method-of-Finding-IP-Address-Online.jpg.webp 1129w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Method-of-Finding-IP-Address-Online-300x151.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Method-of-Finding-IP-Address-Online-1024x515.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Method-of-Finding-IP-Address-Online-768x386.jpg.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Method-of-Finding-IP-Address-Online.jpg\" alt=\"Method of Finding IP Address Online\" width=\"1000\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Method-of-Finding-IP-Address-Online.jpg 1129w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Method-of-Finding-IP-Address-Online-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Method-of-Finding-IP-Address-Online-1024x515.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Method-of-Finding-IP-Address-Online-768x386.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/>\n<\/picture>\n<\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>It might interest you to know that If web services have access to your real IP address, you will face some restrictions and limitations, for ad companies, you will become a major target of targeted ad that can be offensive to you, and for hackers \u2013 you know what it means \u2013 it is never a good sign. But how do these web services and persons on the Internet get access to your IP address? let take a look at some of the popular methods below.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2 id=\"having-access-to-ones-computer\" class=\"ftwp-heading\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Having_Access_to_Ones_Computer\"><\/span><strong>Having Access to One\u2019s Computer<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><picture class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8504 perfmatters-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bestproxyreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Access-to-One\u2019s-Computer-to-find-ip.jpg.webp 1027w, https:\/\/www.bestproxyreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Access-to-One\u2019s-Computer-to-find-ip-300x184.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.bestproxyreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Access-to-One\u2019s-Computer-to-find-ip-1024x628.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.bestproxyreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Access-to-One\u2019s-Computer-to-find-ip-768x471.jpg.webp 768w\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201000%20613'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201000%20613'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Access to One\u2019s Computer to find ip\" width=\"1000\" height=\"613\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bestproxyreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Access-to-One\u2019s-Computer-to-find-ip.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bestproxyreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Access-to-One\u2019s-Computer-to-find-ip.jpg 1027w, https:\/\/www.bestproxyreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Access-to-One\u2019s-Computer-to-find-ip-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bestproxyreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Access-to-One\u2019s-Computer-to-find-ip-1024x628.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bestproxyreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Access-to-One\u2019s-Computer-to-find-ip-768x471.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/picture>\n<noscript><picture class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8504\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bestproxyreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Access-to-One\u2019s-Computer-to-find-ip.jpg.webp 1027w, https:\/\/www.bestproxyreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Access-to-One\u2019s-Computer-to-find-ip-300x184.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.bestproxyreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Access-to-One\u2019s-Computer-to-find-ip-1024x628.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.bestproxyreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Access-to-One\u2019s-Computer-to-find-ip-768x471.jpg.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestproxyreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Access-to-One\u2019s-Computer-to-find-ip.jpg\" alt=\"Access to One\u2019s Computer to find ip\" width=\"1000\" height=\"613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bestproxyreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Access-to-One\u2019s-Computer-to-find-ip.jpg 1027w, https:\/\/www.bestproxyreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Access-to-One\u2019s-Computer-to-find-ip-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bestproxyreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Access-to-One\u2019s-Computer-to-find-ip-1024x628.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bestproxyreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Access-to-One\u2019s-Computer-to-find-ip-768x471.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/>\n<\/picture>\n<\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>One of the easiest ways of getting one&#8217;s IP address is by using his computer. If you do not share the same computer with someone, you can simply borrow his computer. With the computer in your possession, you can use IP lookup tools such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/whatismyipaddress.com\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">WhatIsMyIPAddress<\/a>, or the <a href=\"https:\/\/iplocation.net\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">IPLocation tool<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Using either of these tools or a simple search for \u201cWhat Is My IP Address\u201d on Google will reveal the IP address of the computer. While this method is the easiest and the most effective, not all computers are accessible to the person looking to get one\u2019s IP address. in this case, you such person will have to use other methods.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/how-to-track-an-ip-address\/\">How to Find and Track an IP Address<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr\/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Use_Ones_Wireless_Hotspot_or_Router\"><\/span><strong>Use One&#8217;s Wireless Hotspot or Router<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><picture class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8506 perfmatters-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Hotspot-and-Router-to-find-ip.jpg.webp 1091w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Hotspot-and-Router-to-find-ip-300x154.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Hotspot-and-Router-to-find-ip-1024x526.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Hotspot-and-Router-to-find-ip-768x394.jpg.webp 768w\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201000%20513'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201000%20513'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Hotspot and Router to find ip\" width=\"1000\" height=\"513\" data-src=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Hotspot-and-Router-to-find-ip.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Hotspot-and-Router-to-find-ip.jpg 1091w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Hotspot-and-Router-to-find-ip-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Hotspot-and-Router-to-find-ip-1024x526.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Hotspot-and-Router-to-find-ip-768x394.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/picture>\n<noscript><picture class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8506\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Hotspot-and-Router-to-find-ip.jpg.webp 1091w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Hotspot-and-Router-to-find-ip-300x154.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Hotspot-and-Router-to-find-ip-1024x526.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Hotspot-and-Router-to-find-ip-768x394.jpg.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Hotspot-and-Router-to-find-ip.jpg\" alt=\"Hotspot and Router to find ip\" width=\"1000\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Hotspot-and-Router-to-find-ip.jpg 1091w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Hotspot-and-Router-to-find-ip-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Hotspot-and-Router-to-find-ip-1024x526.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Hotspot-and-Router-to-find-ip-768x394.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/>\n<\/picture>\n<\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>It might interest you to know that when you connect to the Internet via a router or any Hotspot (including smartphone hotspots), you won\u2019t be accessing the Internet with your own IP address but with the IP address of the router.<\/p>\n<p>This is because you are not connected to the ISP directly but using the connection of the router, and as such, you use the same IP.<\/p>\n<p>Hackers use this to their advantage. All they need is to get the credential of one\u2019s router if the router is secure and use their own computer to access the <a href=\"https:\/\/whatismyipaddress.com\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">WhatIsMyIPAddress<\/a> or the <a href=\"https:\/\/iplocation.net\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">IPLocation tool<\/a>, and the IP address of the person will be revealed.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/what-does-an-ip-address-tell-you\/\">What Does an IP Address Tell You?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr\/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Using_IP_Finder_IP_Tracker\"><\/span><strong>Using IP Finder &#038; IP Tracker<br \/>\n<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><picture class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8442 perfmatters-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/grabify-link.jpg.webp 1123w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/grabify-link-300x158.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/grabify-link-1024x538.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/grabify-link-768x403.jpg.webp 768w\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201000%20525'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201000%20525'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"grabify link\" width=\"1000\" height=\"525\" data-src=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/grabify-link.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/grabify-link.jpg 1123w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/grabify-link-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/grabify-link-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/grabify-link-768x403.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/picture>\n<noscript><picture class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8442\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/grabify-link.jpg.webp 1123w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/grabify-link-300x158.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/grabify-link-1024x538.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/grabify-link-768x403.jpg.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/grabify-link.jpg\" alt=\"grabify link\" width=\"1000\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/grabify-link.jpg 1123w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/grabify-link-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/grabify-link-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/grabify-link-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/>\n<\/picture>\n<\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Social media platforms are some of the platforms that hackers can use to get one&#8217;s IP address. From the introductory section of the article, you should know that web services have access to your IP address, and as such, <a href=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/how-to-find-someone-ip-address-on-facebook\/\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/how-to-find-someone-ip-address-on\/\">Tiktok<\/a>, Twitter, and other social platforms have your IP address.<\/p>\n<p>Regular users can\u2019t access this \u2013 only employees with access rights can see this. However, users can trick other users into clicking links that will take them to a website that will help them pull out their IP address. Take, for instance, using an Instagram IP Finder such as <a href=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/how-to-find-someone-ip-address-on-instagram\/\">the one described in this article<\/a>; you can get Instagram users to reveal their IP address.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from social media platforms, online discussion forums and blog comment sections are some of the places hackers use to get someone\u2019s IP address. it follows the same procedure.<\/p>\n<p>All they need to do is create trackable links from the <a href=\"https:\/\/grabify.link\/\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Grabify tool<\/a> or other IP logging service and trick readers into clicking on the link. If you click on this link, your IP address is sent to a database that the hacker has access to. Forum and blog admins can also see your IP address if they look at their log.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2 id=\"looking-up-emails\" class=\"ftwp-heading\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Looking_Up_Emails\"><\/span><strong>Looking Up Emails<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><picture class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8509 perfmatters-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/email-headers-to-find-ip.jpg.webp 1000w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/email-headers-to-find-ip-300x145.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/email-headers-to-find-ip-768x370.jpg.webp 768w\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201000%20482'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201000%20482'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"email headers to find ip\" width=\"1000\" height=\"482\" data-src=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/email-headers-to-find-ip.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/email-headers-to-find-ip.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/email-headers-to-find-ip-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/email-headers-to-find-ip-768x370.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/picture>\n<noscript><picture class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8509\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/email-headers-to-find-ip.jpg.webp 1000w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/email-headers-to-find-ip-300x145.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/email-headers-to-find-ip-768x370.jpg.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/email-headers-to-find-ip.jpg\" alt=\"email headers to find ip\" width=\"1000\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/email-headers-to-find-ip.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/email-headers-to-find-ip-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/email-headers-to-find-ip-768x370.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/>\n<\/picture>\n<\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>One other method of looking up one\u2019s IP address is looking at the email headers. It might interest you to know that some email services reveal one\u2019s IP address in the email header, and you can use that to dig information about the sender.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, not all popular email providers attached one\u2019s IP address to emails he sends for privacy reasons. Take, for instance, Gmail does not provide such information. Instead of providing the sender&#8217;s IP address, it provides its own mail server\u2019s IP address. Some popular providers, including Outlook and Yahoo mail, make the sender&#8217;s IP address available in the email headers. To learn how to get one\u2019s IP address from emails he sent you, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifewire.com\/how-to-find-email-server-ip-address-818402\/\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">read this article on Lifewire<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2 id=\"by-sending-emails-with-web-beacons\" class=\"ftwp-heading\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"By_Sending_emails_with_Web_Beacons\"><\/span><strong>By Sending emails with Web Beacons<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><picture class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8511 perfmatters-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Find-ip-with-web-Beacons.jpg.webp 1000w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Find-ip-with-web-Beacons-300x220.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Find-ip-with-web-Beacons-768x562.jpg.webp 768w\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201000%20732'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201000%20732'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Find ip with web Beacons\" width=\"1000\" height=\"732\" data-src=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Find-ip-with-web-Beacons.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Find-ip-with-web-Beacons.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Find-ip-with-web-Beacons-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Find-ip-with-web-Beacons-768x562.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/picture>\n<noscript><picture class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8511\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Find-ip-with-web-Beacons.jpg.webp 1000w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Find-ip-with-web-Beacons-300x220.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Find-ip-with-web-Beacons-768x562.jpg.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Find-ip-with-web-Beacons.jpg\" alt=\"Find ip with web Beacons\" width=\"1000\" height=\"732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Find-ip-with-web-Beacons.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Find-ip-with-web-Beacons-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Find-ip-with-web-Beacons-768x562.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/>\n<\/picture>\n<\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>For many, they consider this as a bug, but in reality, it is not a bug but provides hackers with a method to discover your IP address by just sending you an email. Immediately you open the email, your IP address is revealed to the sender.<\/p>\n<p>This is achieved by embedding a piece of code within an image, and when the image loads as you open the email, your IP address is provided without you knowing. There are some web services that can help you achieve this \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whoreadme.com\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">WhoReadMe<\/a> is one of the popular options. You can prevent images and scripts from loading automatically in emails depending on the email service you are using.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2 id=\"creating-a-specialized-website-for-collecting-ip-address\" class=\"ftwp-heading\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Creating_a_Specialized_Website_for_Collecting_IP_Address\"><\/span><strong>Creating a Specialized Website for Collecting IP Address<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><picture class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8513 perfmatters-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Website-for-Collecting-IP-Address.jpg.webp 1000w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Website-for-Collecting-IP-Address-300x152.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Website-for-Collecting-IP-Address-768x388.jpg.webp 768w\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201000%20505'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201000%20505'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Website for Collecting IP Address\" width=\"1000\" height=\"505\" data-src=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Website-for-Collecting-IP-Address.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Website-for-Collecting-IP-Address.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Website-for-Collecting-IP-Address-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Website-for-Collecting-IP-Address-768x388.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/picture>\n<noscript><picture class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8513\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Website-for-Collecting-IP-Address.jpg.webp 1000w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Website-for-Collecting-IP-Address-300x152.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Website-for-Collecting-IP-Address-768x388.jpg.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Website-for-Collecting-IP-Address.jpg\" alt=\"Website for Collecting IP Address\" width=\"1000\" height=\"505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Website-for-Collecting-IP-Address.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Website-for-Collecting-IP-Address-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Website-for-Collecting-IP-Address-768x388.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/>\n<\/picture>\n<\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>If you are a coder, then you can create a specialized website developed specifically for collecting IP addresses from online users. The advantage over using an already made service is that you can customize it to your taste. You can have your own domain and hosting depending on how real you want the project to be.<\/p>\n<p>Web users are increasingly becoming wary of shortened URLs, redirections, and pages that are deceiving for these reasons, hackers with web development knowledge could go a step further to make a site more convincing in other to make them have a better success rate without giving a clue.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2 id=\"by-using-social-engineering\" class=\"ftwp-heading\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"By_Using_Social_Engineering\"><\/span><strong>By Using Social Engineering<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><picture class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8516 perfmatters-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Social-Engineering-to-find-ip.jpg.webp 1015w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Social-Engineering-to-find-ip-300x129.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Social-Engineering-to-find-ip-768x331.jpg.webp 768w\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201000%20431'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201000%20431'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Social Engineering to find ip\" width=\"1000\" height=\"431\" data-src=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Social-Engineering-to-find-ip.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Social-Engineering-to-find-ip.jpg 1015w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Social-Engineering-to-find-ip-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Social-Engineering-to-find-ip-768x331.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/picture>\n<noscript><picture class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8516\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Social-Engineering-to-find-ip.jpg.webp 1015w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Social-Engineering-to-find-ip-300x129.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Social-Engineering-to-find-ip-768x331.jpg.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Social-Engineering-to-find-ip.jpg\" alt=\"Social Engineering to find ip\" width=\"1000\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Social-Engineering-to-find-ip.jpg 1015w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Social-Engineering-to-find-ip-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Social-Engineering-to-find-ip-768x331.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/>\n<\/picture>\n<\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>If you are good at driving conversations and could get users over the Internet to do things willingly without suspecting anything, then you can get users&#8217; IP address free online. While it is actually dumb asking a user you meet online to look up his IP address and send it to you, you can use other means.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, a good number of methods described above actually depends on social engineering. Take, for instance; people won\u2019t just click on your IP grabber link without you convincing them to. It might interest you to know that social engineering is an important skill you should have as a hacker.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2 id=\"by-using-the-command-line\" class=\"ftwp-heading\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"By_Using_the_Command_Line\"><\/span><strong>By Using the Command Line<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><picture class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8417 perfmatters-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Finding-IP-Address-Using-the-Command-Line.png.webp 1000w\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201000%20600'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201000%20600'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Finding IP Address Using the Command Line\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" data-src=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Finding-IP-Address-Using-the-Command-Line.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Finding-IP-Address-Using-the-Command-Line.png 1000w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Finding-IP-Address-Using-the-Command-Line-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Finding-IP-Address-Using-the-Command-Line-768x461.png 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/picture>\n<noscript><picture class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8417\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Finding-IP-Address-Using-the-Command-Line.png.webp 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Finding-IP-Address-Using-the-Command-Line.png\" alt=\"Finding IP Address Using the Command Line\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Finding-IP-Address-Using-the-Command-Line.png 1000w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Finding-IP-Address-Using-the-Command-Line-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Finding-IP-Address-Using-the-Command-Line-768x461.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/>\n<\/picture>\n<\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>If you use web services that connect you directly to other users either when chatting or playing an online game, then that person you are in direct communication to can access your IP address via the command line.<\/p>\n<p>Gamers are susceptible to this kind of hacks so are Facebook users via the Facebook messenger or chat application. Below is the method used for getting one\u2019s IP address via the command line.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Establish a connection with the person either through a chat or by playing a game. While you are at the and the other person is active, close every other tab to avoid confusion.<\/li>\n<li>Launch the command-line tool and enter the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cellstream.com\/reference-reading\/tipsandtricks\/220-what-is-the-netstat-command-and-what-can-it-do\"  rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">\u201cnetstat- an\u201d command<\/a> and press enter,<\/li>\n<li>The IP address, together with other details, will be printed on the screen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr\/>\n<h2 id=\"from-compromised-isp-employees\" class=\"ftwp-heading\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"From_Compromised_ISP_Employees\"><\/span><strong>From Compromised ISP Employees<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><picture class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8518 perfmatters-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Compromised-ISP-Employees.png.webp 1000w\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201000%20375'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201000%20375'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Compromised ISP Employees\" width=\"1000\" height=\"375\" data-src=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Compromised-ISP-Employees.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Compromised-ISP-Employees.png 1000w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Compromised-ISP-Employees-300x113.png 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Compromised-ISP-Employees-768x288.png 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/picture>\n<noscript><picture class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8518\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Compromised-ISP-Employees.png.webp 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Compromised-ISP-Employees.png\" alt=\"Compromised ISP Employees\" width=\"1000\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Compromised-ISP-Employees.png 1000w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Compromised-ISP-Employees-300x113.png 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Compromised-ISP-Employees-768x288.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/>\n<\/picture>\n<\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Your ISP is responsible for providing you IP address with which you use online. They have a record of all of the IP addresses assigned to you \u2013 not even the one you are currently using. This means that the best place to get your IP address detail is from your ISP.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, no ISP will willingly hand over the IP address of its customers to any other person except law enforcement agencies directed backed by a subpoena. However, depending on how important of a high-target you are, a hacker could hack a vulnerable employee, steal his data and threaten to make them public if he does not comply with their requests by providing him information about you.<\/p>\n<p>There are many cases of compromised ISPs with their employee been the backdoor \u2013 some even do it willingly with financial reward.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Prevent_IP_Tracking\"><\/span><strong>How to Prevent IP Tracking<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><picture class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8499 perfmatters-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Prevent-IP-Tracking.jpg.webp 1009w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Prevent-IP-Tracking-300x165.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Prevent-IP-Tracking-768x422.jpg.webp 768w\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201009%20555'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1009px) 100vw, 1009px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201009%20555'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Prevent IP Tracking\" width=\"1009\" height=\"555\" data-src=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Prevent-IP-Tracking.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Prevent-IP-Tracking.jpg 1009w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Prevent-IP-Tracking-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Prevent-IP-Tracking-768x422.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1009px) 100vw, 1009px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/picture>\n<noscript><picture class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8499\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Prevent-IP-Tracking.jpg.webp 1009w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Prevent-IP-Tracking-300x165.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Prevent-IP-Tracking-768x422.jpg.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1009px) 100vw, 1009px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Prevent-IP-Tracking.jpg\" alt=\"Prevent IP Tracking\" width=\"1009\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Prevent-IP-Tracking.jpg 1009w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Prevent-IP-Tracking-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Prevent-IP-Tracking-768x422.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1009px) 100vw, 1009px\"\/>\n<\/picture>\n<\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>If you have read the whole of the last section of the article, you will know that one way or the other, your IP address is exposed either in the hands of web services you use, ad companies trailing you for advertisement purposes, or hackers with malicious intent. Whichever is the case, you can\u2019t avoid using an IP address as it is an integral part of the Internet protocol.<\/p>\n<p>However, you can provide a fake IP address in other to keep your real IP address hidden from prying eyes. By doing this, you have succeeded in preventing yourself from IP tracking. There are generally three ways you can get this done \u2013 VPN, proxy server, and Tor browser.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"###expressvpn\/\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">ExpressVPN<\/a>, <a href=\"###nordvpn\/\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">NordVPN<\/a>,and <a href=\"###surfshark\/\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">SurfShark<\/a> are some of the best VPN services.<\/p>\n<p>For Proxies, I will recommend <a href=\"###smartproxy\/\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Smartproxy<\/a>, <a href=\"###luminati\/\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Luminati<\/a>, and <a href=\"###shifter\/\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Shifter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr\/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"FAQs_About_IP_Address_Finder\"><\/span><strong>FAQs About <\/strong><strong>IP Address <\/strong><strong>Finder<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_are_the_Advantages_of_Faking_or_Spoofing_your_IP_Address\"><\/span><strong>What are the Advantages of Faking or Spoofing your IP Address?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Your IP address is your identity online. Now let me ask you a question \u2013 regardless of whether you are into something shady or not, do you splash your ID card or SSN on the face of everyone? Why then should your IP address be public?<\/p>\n<p>You will need to fake your IP address to protect yourself against online surveillance and tracking. It is also useful for unblocking websites, carrying out automated tasks online, and access geo-targeted content.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_Should_You_Avoid_Free_Methods_of_Faking_Your_IP_Address\"><\/span><strong>Why Should You Avoid Free Methods of Faking Your IP Address?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There is no free meal without a clause, and when it comes to faking your IP addresses \u2013 I will advise you to avoid using the free methods. This is not unconnected to the fact that free methods such as <a href=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/free-web-proxy-server\/\">free proxies<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/phreesite.com\/free-vpn\/\"  rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">free VPNs<\/a>, and the Tor network are very slow. Some free methods would leak your IP address unknowingly \u2013 and some would invade your privacy.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Can_My_Computer_be_Remotely_Accessed_Using_My_IP_Address\"><\/span><strong>Can My Computer be Remotely Accessed Using My IP Address?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The answer to this is a yes and no \u2013 it depends on the skill of the hacker. Mind you; your IP address cannot be hacked \u2013 it is just a number and, in most cases, dynamically assigned to you.<\/p>\n<p>However, a skillful hacker could scan your IP address in other to discover open ports. If you are using an outed Operating System, turned off your firewall, or do not make use of an anti-virus or anti-malware, then you can be vulnerable. If an open port is found, it could be used to gain access remotely.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Can_Someone_Do_with_Your_IP_Address\"><\/span><strong>What Can Someone Do with Your IP Address?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>IP addresses alone can\u2019t be used for anything serious, but in conjunction with some tools and skills, they can be used to carry out serious malicious acts online.<\/p>\n<p>Hackers could use IP addresses for carrying out DDoS attacks, prevent you from playing games online, find information about you, spam you with personalized ads, and add it to a database of IPs and sell it in on the Dark Web.<\/p>\n<pre style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/pre>\n<p>From the above, you can tell that except you hide your real IP address by spoofing it with a different one not assigned to your device by your ISP, you cannot run away from exposing your IP address. your device will always provide it to any web service it sends web requests to.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, your IP address is not only used for good things; the bad guys on the Internet could use it against you, and that is why you are supposed to use one of the methods described in this article to keep it hidden.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/how-to-find-someone-ip-address-on-linkedin\/\">How to Find Someone\u2019s IP Address on LinkedIn<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/how-to-find-someone-ip-address-on-xbox\/\">Xbox IP Finder: How to Find Someone\u2019s IP Address on Xbox Live<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/how-to-find-someone-ip-address-on-ps4\/\">How to Find Someone\u2019s IP Address on PS4? 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