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

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I made an enemy of an internet forum owner and suddenly he sends an email to one of my email accounts that he could not possibly of known. Can he use my IP address to find out all my email addresses?

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It is not possible to directly map an IP address to an email
address. There must've been a different way for him find
your email address, or some other place where he found your
IP address and email address together.

Leo

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If I connect to a wireless router, can the server that I am using see what websites I have visited? If so, do servers such as roadrunner keep these things on file?

Help, I have a lot of hours invested in qualifying. . .
I entered a free online poker tournament where you qualify for different levels. Now that I have qualified for the Final Tournament, I see it says it's for "Canadians Only". Not sure if it was an oversight on my part or if it's an added thing in the fine print. My Account address says US, but if it was changed and I used the anonimyzer, would they be able to tell if I was playing in the U.S. ?

Thanks in advance Leo !
If your advice leads to me winning $, I will definitely return to buy you many Lattes !

I was banned from a site how do they know when I try to sign in again?

Leo,
I need your advise. I travel a lot out of the U.S. and I'm a big fan of March Maddness (college basketball), but when I try to watch it live on the internet It tells me it can only be viewed in the U.S. This happens often on television network web sites. The web site and the server have identifed me as being out of the country. How can I go around it ? Please Help!!!

Hi, does this quote have relevence if you have a dynamic IP?

Summary: A server can easily identify any users that visit their web sites. However, there are services that will allow you to surf anonymously.

I use aol, i am not allowed to use certain bookmakers sites, i have been looking at ip masking software but ive been told that as i have a dynamic ip, they cannot identify me this way as it is constantly changing and my ISP will never disclose any info about me, i also delete cookies regularly and im pretty sure they cant get my MAC address.

Is there something i should know or i do i have it pretty much covered? Basically am i relatively untraceable?

i look forward to hearing from you

thanks

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Static or Dynamic, the ISPs help is required to find you. If they keep records
of which dynamic IP address you were assigned to when, then it's possible that
** again, WITH THE ISPS HELP ** you could be located. That help typically
requires law enforcement to get invovled.

Leo

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But can this scenerio happen? Post a comment to a site like "jobvent". Company upset over
bad comments, "hacks" or finds out your IP address somehow from your posting, then traces the address to your location?

Can this scenerio occur? Post a negative comment on a site like jobvent, your company reads and is upset. Hacks the jobvent site to find your IP address from the post, and traces it to your location?

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