Wednesday, June 8, 2011

ABOUT IP ADDRESSES AND STATISTICS COUNTERS

All websites have Tracing an IP address will lead the snoop to your internet service provider and no farther. The snoop can ascertain the state and city of your service provider, but not your name or home address, etc.




The exception would be if the IP address belongs to your personal web site for which you own the domain name. In this case the snoop can look up your domain info and, if you do not have a privacy option protecting it, see your name and address and possibly your phone number.





(2) is definitely a more serious situation and has plenty of illegal overtones. Keylogger programs are expensive and generally used by professionals and businesses, typically to monitor the activities of their network computers, which is perfectly legal.





It is illegal to use keylogger software for the purpose of obtaining an individual’s personal info and passwords through remote hacking of a computer. However, this is one of the most common approaches used by amateur hackers today. Many amateur hackers have gained familiarity with keylogging programs and remote computer access through their line of work, most notably in the Information Technology (IT) fields.




Using the IT tools of one’s place of employment to track and hack is absolutely a crime and prosecutable, even if you own the company. Got that herlicker?




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There are ways to thwart IP tracking. I mask my IP with a nifty little program called Easy-Hide-IP. I can connect from anywhere in the world and assume that location’s IP. Unfortunately, I didn’t start using this program until after the snoops had traced my real IP. I paid for Easy-Hide-IP. I have not found a good free IP masking program that does not slow down your pc internet connection.




Happy hacking, snoops!

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