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Originally Posted by pip08456
Does that still work Kush?
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I have no idea. I was hoping OP would try it and find out.
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Originally Posted by beaker17
Please don't be frivolous.
Try this -
My reason ?
Its as obvious as apple pie to me.
If the whole world knows it is ME by a 9 digit number, some sites good, bad or ugly, then if I change my 9 digit number - I disappear from their radar and appear as a perfect stranger.
What is the problem with that as a security measure ? Sounds elementary to me.
My motive is MY business. I asked a specific question, please concentrate on that, not my motives.
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Well I've given you an answer for how to do it. You seem to have ignored it. Do try it and feed back as we're all dying to know if it'll work.
Though be aware, the reason for what you're trying to do is actually futile. Let's say you're correct, you're being tracked by a nefarious site via your IP address. Let's say it's something really insidious, like a rogue ad vendor that's tracking you through even legitimate sites, watching your every move. Here's the rub: There are
other ways of tracking you than just your IP address. Take a look at
https://amiunique.org/ and have a play around with it. Better yet - got a smartphone? Visit that site on wifi, then swap over to network data and notice that your fingerprint is identical
Every single time you visit a site, you're sending it all that information. They can use that to create a fingerprint of your device, regardless of the IP it has. This is even more relevant today, with sites seeing most of their traffic from smartphones - smartphones that often hop from network to network (Wifi, coffee shops, 4G, etc.) and rarely have a consistent IP. All the effort in tracking is down to fingerprinting devices. You can change your IP, but they'll figure out your fingerprint and log any historical IP addresses against it anyway, which they can cross-reference against a whole host of other information.
But go ahead, change your IP if it makes you feel better.