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I guess it depends on your ISP. I'm stuck with comcast and my IP reveals relatively little about me. I think using social networks to host your words and media

I guess it depends on your ISP. I'm stuck with comcast and my IP reveals relatively little about me. I think using social networks to host your words and media gives up much more privacy than an IP does. That first link shows fake results. 3 of the ~20 results for my IP are real and something I've torrented. The vast majority are mistakes. I assume this holds true for the entire database. I know I'm the only person with my IP. It changed to this one about 3 months ago. I am the only one living here, I don't use wifi (all ethernet), and my network is secured by an out of network pfsense transparent firewall to monitor the LAN<->WAN(modem) link. The second link also shows a selection of cities within a 100 mile radius but never mine.

sneak 4y ago
> I'm stuck with comcast and my IP reveals relatively little about me. To the right set of people, your IP (plus a timestamp) reveals precisely where you sleep unguarded each night. It's linked in a database (accessible to government and law enforcement) with the service address. The consequences of this are heavily dependent upon what sort of material you post on your blog. Those exposing local police or public official corruption might want to go with datacenter-based hosting.
- zaik 4y ago
  > To the right set of people, your IP (plus a timestamp) reveals precisely where you sleep unguarded each night. The right set of people already knows my home address (e.g. any government agency). For the complement of that set I think it will be difficult for them to figure it out based my IP address.
- nix23 4y ago
  >unguarded sleep Thats some massive USA mindset right there ;)
spurgu 4y ago
> That first link shows fake results. 3 of the ~20 results for my IP are real and something I've torrented. The vast majority are mistakes. I assume this holds true for the entire database. Yeah same for me, 3 out of 19. Strange how it would get false results like that, I wonder how they end up there...
- muttled 4y ago
  It might be due to dynamic IPs. As they rotate around, I could see that service picking up results from a variety of users.
  - spurgu 4y ago
    Unlikely. As far as I'm aware the IP only changes when the router is rebooted.

sneak 4y ago

> I'm stuck with comcast and my IP reveals relatively little about me. To the right set of people, your IP (plus a timestamp) reveals precisely where you sleep unguarded each night. It's linked in a database (accessible to government and law enforcement) with the service address. The consequences of this are heavily dependent upon what sort of material you post on your blog. Those exposing local police or public official corruption might want to go with datacenter-based hosting.

zaik 4y ago
> To the right set of people, your IP (plus a timestamp) reveals precisely where you sleep unguarded each night. The right set of people already knows my home address (e.g. any government agency). For the complement of that set I think it will be difficult for them to figure it out based my IP address.
nix23 4y ago
>unguarded sleep Thats some massive USA mindset right there ;)

spurgu 4y ago

> That first link shows fake results. 3 of the ~20 results for my IP are real and something I've torrented. The vast majority are mistakes. I assume this holds true for the entire database. Yeah same for me, 3 out of 19. Strange how it would get false results like that, I wonder how they end up there...

muttled 4y ago
It might be due to dynamic IPs. As they rotate around, I could see that service picking up results from a variety of users.
- spurgu 4y ago
  Unlikely. As far as I'm aware the IP only changes when the router is rebooted.