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what could someone know my ip address find out about me?
Shaun McWilliams
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I had serious quarrel with someone on the web that he threatened that he could find out my IP address.
I also foolishly clicked on his link provided. I think my IP address has been leaked because I clicked
on the link
What is the most precise possible information he could get from me by knowing my IP address as he said
or by clicking on the link he provided?
I also foolishly clicked on his link provided. I think my IP address has been leaked because I clicked
on the link
What is the most precise possible information he could get from me by knowing my IP address as he said
or by clicking on the link he provided?
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Probably the most precise information they would be able to obtain would be the name of your internet service provider (e.g. Comcast, AT&T, CenturyLink, etc.) and a rough idea of your physical location (not your address, but maybe down to the level of the city in which you live).
That said clicking on a malicious link carries a risk of compromising your machine, depending on the technical capability of the person providing it, which is more of a concern than leaking your IP address. It would be a good idea to run a full virus and malware scan, and update any essential passwords.
However, "I can find out your IP address" is one of those things that is technically true but actually pretty meaningless as a threat, and that suggests that this is not a person who would actually be able to do anything particularly malicious with that information. It sounds more like someone is trying to scare you by throwing technical jargon at you.
Find your rough location (maybe state or major metro area) and Internet Service Provider. Maybe engage a denile of service attack, although those appear less common these days.
There are some things if you have malware on your pc. IE if you visited a site that they linked and loaded an exploit. Your IP address will let them connect to your pc. If you visited on your phone, you are probably fine.
How skilled is this person?
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You may need to worry about other things because you clicked on a link, though, like malware. What do you know about the link you clicked on? I wouldn't be worried about the person that made this threat, but I would be concerned if I clicked on a potentially malicious link that others could use to take advantage of me.
The link you clicked is definitely a bigger problem, depending on what it was.
Depending on what else you've leaked/provided, for instance by clicking whatever link they provided, they could potentially DOX or SWAT you as well. It's important to note that one piece of identifying information (e.g. IP Address) could easily lead to others based on your activities on other websites, social media channels, etc.
So, this is a good piece of advice, but if you're running a fully patched browser, have some basic controls (like preventing unknown scripts) and don't allow anything to download, the only risks I'm aware of are attempting to authenticate with another service. Is there anything else I'm missing?
1) Scan your computer. At least anti-viral, anti-malware if you can. You don't know what was on the site you traveled to; the best you can honestly do is mitigate what you absolutely can. If the scans come up clean, well... you're clean for everything they can possibly detect at the current time. Most of the time, this means you ought to be reasonably sure that you're clean.
2) Even then, the only way to be completely sure is to start with a fresh, known-clean install of Windows, and then re-install everything you had.
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