![]() ![]() If you’re attempting to track down who is messagnig you, you’ll need the help of the service provider such as Facebook, Microsoft, or one of the others. Instant Messaging conversations typically do not include the IP address of the participants your computer connects to the IM service’s server, and that’s the only IP address you’d be able to see. In many cases, the information can be quite obscure. My belief is that legal action and possibly even law enforcement of some sort would be required for an ISP to release the information. Providing the internet to your home, for example, your ISP assigns an IP address to your router.Ī good ISP will not reveal to whom they’ve allocated the assigned IP addresses - at least not to just anyone. ISPs assign IP addresses to individual devices connected to the internet. Publicly available information about an IP address can typically only be traced as far as the ISP ( Internet Service Provider) that owns it. On the other hand, I also hear from people who want to find out who’s at some IP address, because they’re being contacted in some form, and that’s the only bit of information they have to grab on to. On one hand, I hear from people who are concerned someone can track them down physically - perhaps finding their home address - based on their IP address. It depends on who’s looking, but in general it’s not as far as you might think. ![]() ![]() Just how far can people really get with an IP address? One of the more common classes of questions I get on Ask Leo! relates to IP addresses and IP address tracing. ![]()
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