When I visit a web site, can the server identify me?

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i like to get information about my visitors, i'm using http://www.ipgp.net to get country, city and internet service provider. I can know if he visit from a big company or a big university.

can someone trace my Ip back to a specific town or subburb.... and can they do this by contacting Red Hot Pie to locate the Ip of the person who sent a specific message , and or/ their location/ username?

is there a way i can stop such a trace? cloak my Ip? before someone gets this info?

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Your IP says you're in Perth Australia, but that's as close as we can get.

The only way to avoid it is to use anonymization services.

Leo
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Someone who has a public journal, is logging and displaying IP addresses and threatening those who read that she is going to file suit....
can she really find out who SPECIFICALLY is visiting (like their name etc) by contacting their IP and asking?

hi leo, i'm still a bit unclear about this. if i visit a blog, but without posting any comments, will the blogger him/herself be able to see my ip address?

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Yes. Absolutely. The IP of every visitor is typically logged. That's true for
most all websites.

Leo
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Can IP addresses of someone posting on a public message board be tracked without the boards operator being aware of it?
Could someone know where I am posting from here, without contacting you to get my IP address?

Leo, I think someone has hacked into my computer. I also believe that someone is monitoring my comings and goings in Yahoo IM using the program called Buddy Spy. Is there a way (such as TCPView and/or Netstat) to tell if someone is spying on you?

I bring my Laptop to work with me, and I connect to the internet through an ethernet cable, from time to time I may visit a raunchy website or two, is it possible for my job to go back and see what websites I have visited, without them checking my computer?

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