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How to protect your IP address
What someone can really do with your IP address, what they cannot, and what actually protects you: an updated router, sensible IPv6, VPNs and encrypted DNS.
Privacy
What your connection reveals, and what it doesn't.
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VPNs and your IP address: what changes, and what doesn't
What websites see with a VPN on, how to check that it works, typical leaks, and what a VPN doesn't protect against.
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What can a website see about me?
IP address, headers, browser details and cookies: what is sent automatically, what needs your permission, and what you can limit.
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Can someone find me from my IP address?
What an IP address really says about where you are, who can link it to you, and why 'IP tracing' in films is misleading.
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What is CGNAT (carrier-grade NAT)?
Why your provider may be sharing one public IPv4 address with hundreds of customers, how to tell, and what it breaks.
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How IP geolocation works — and why it's often wrong
Location databases don't know where you are. They know where an address block is probably used. The difference matters.