IP Address - Tracking Question for Mods

[hech54]

OK...I'm pretty computer stupid....don't laugh.
I noticed you guys did some interesting detective work during the TeeGee thread. Does that mean you can track ME as well? Can you tell where in the world I am sending this message from?

Just curious....I'd like to know how close such tracking methods can get to my actual city, country.....whatever.

[CoasterCreator]

careful heck ...bigbrother is watching you



just do what I do close your eyes before you send any e-mail :P

[yoda313]

Hello,

I think I remember reading they could get a country and maybe a state/province. I don't think it goes farther than that. Although I wouldn't be suprised if they could narrow it down to city.

Kevin

[mastersmurfie]

go here:

http://www.geobytes.com/IpLocator.htm?GetLocation

and enter your IP address (if it's not already entered for you...) and see what it says

looks like it's possible to narrow down to a city...or at least a geographic location.


mastersmurfie

[CoasterCreator]

I would love to get ping check or what ever they do from the cable or dsl companies I could get their address from norton or macF..( I cant recall, many years ago) . with their tracking monotoring...then I would get thier fax # and send them the print out 10, 000 times just in case they missed the first one

at 3am of course

[bazooka]

They track it to the isp and that is it.

It said my location was Denton and I don't live in Denton

[CoasterCreator]

actually once I tracked myself and it was pretty acurrate it did not get my address of course but it did get the city where the main (Big) server was ...but it was about 500 miles away from where I was

[Dr. DOS]

They track it to the isp and that is it.

It said my location was Denton and I don't live in Denton

Im in the office today... said I was in NewHampshire and I'm a few hundred miles from there.

[tekkieman]

From work, it was very accurate, but our web servers are also located on the premises. I'll try it when I get home, but I doubt it will be accurate from there.

[CoasterCreator]

yeah from home I grab my desktop and move it from state to state from country to country every once and again ...

{typos}

[bazooka]

Usually it only tracks it to your isp and only your isp upon court order can reveal you.

That is why the music cases are so important.

The industry is trying to force the isp's to hand over the identities of their customers.

It was ruled the isp's did not have to hand over that info.

[hech54]

go here:

http://www.geobytes.com/IpLocator.htm?GetLocation

and enter your IP address (if it's not already entered for you...) and see what it says

looks like it's possible to narrow down to a city...or at least a geographic location.


mastersmurfie

Thanks...it's got the right country....wrong state...but quite impressive...

[offline]

Hmm.. I'm reading

Country: BMW Land
Region: Niedersachsen
City: Braunschweig
Sexual Preferences: tight lederhosen j/k

[tekkieman]

Hmm.. I'm reading

Country: BMW Land
Region: Niedersachsen
City: Braunschweig
Sexual Preferences: tight lederhosen j/k

I guess it's pretty accurate after all!

[yoda313]

Hmm.. I'm reading

Country: BMW Land
Region: Niedersachsen
City: Braunschweig
Sexual Preferences: tight lederhosen j/k

Hello,

WAY too much INFO!

Kevin

[Cobra]

We see everything. There is no escape.

[yoda313]

We see everything. There is no escape.

Hello,

RUN!!!

Kevin

---must delete harddrive, must delete harddrive---

[CoasterCreator]

its a world of madness I tell you here and inside my head

[bazooka]

I am kind of worried about you CC.

You are not going to go on a killing rampage are you?

[CoasterCreator]

no just kill this computer

[bazooka]

That is a relief.

[lordsmurf]

They track it to the isp and that is it.
It said my location was Denton and I don't live in Denton

Often it'll just track up to the ISP main switch or their proxy system or whatever. Mine says Fort Worth. I'm not anywhere remotely near Fort Worth.

AOL'ers are worse. They always say "Virginia" in tracking and stats program. Very obnoxious.

[hech54]

Hmm.. I'm reading

Country: BMW Land
Region: Niedersachsen
City: Braunschweig
Sexual Preferences: tight lederhosen j/k

That is MUCH closer than the link Mastersmurfie sent me to...

[Rookie64]

It depends on your ISP - if you have a small internet service provider, it'll track you to your location.

I've had a few ISPs over the years, and two were very small local providers that could track me as close as where I was.

I learned a lot more about this way back when I first started using IRC.
An obsessed mod on the channel would tell me exactly where I was...and I started feeling violated, so I tried using a toll dialup number from a location further away to see if that made a difference. It helped with not being able to track me but didn't help my phone bill


If you have your own website, all your personal info can be looked up by anyone - name, address, phone # (unless you use bogus info to sign up with a host or request your info be kept private...which isn't always kept private anyway)

Spyware and hacks can obtain all kinds of info that you may not even be aware of....your computer's serial number, serial numbers of all your software, any passwords or credit card info you keep stored (sometimes doesn't matter if it's stored or not), etc

[CoasterCreator]

Bad rookie64

[flaninacupboard]

no just kill this computer

Damn CS kiddies, always ruin LANs