You should assume that the IP address used for any online service (which for most people maps with timestamp to their home address and credit card for the cable

You should assume that the IP address used for any online service (which for most people maps with timestamp to their home address and credit card for the cable bill) is not secret. I use a VPN router that sends all of my traffic to a public VPN; if you don’t want HN having your location and identity, stop giving it to them.