General : Virgin Media Broadband - Change IP ?

[beaker17]

Very simple, all the world knows my home address after 40 years living here.
If I moved - all the world would no longer know my new home address, only those I choose to let have it.

Same with my IP - thousands of sites know my IP. If I changed it only those sites I then contacted would know my new IP. A fresh start.

Sound sensible to me.
If I had a dynamic IP supplied, it would change frequently.

It should be my choice whether I have a new IP every single day or keep it for life.

[RobboEdin]

...but why would you move after 40 years?

Perhaps you have fallen out with somebody.

Is that why you want a new IP address?

[beaker17]

Originally Posted by RobboEdin

...but why would you move after 40 years?

Perhaps you have fallen out with somebody.

Is that why you want a new IP address?

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.

[JordanTheToaster]

Well when you are asking to do something as pointless as changing your IP for "security" reasons then yeah people will start asking questions.

[beaker17]

Please forget the whole thing. I will find the answer elsewhere.

[General Maximus]

as an fyi the ip address you get from VM as a residential customer is a dynamic address. The only time you'll get a static address is if you subscribe to the business service as things like servers like static ip addresses.

[heero_yuy]

Quote from beaker17:


Please forget the whole thing. I will find the answer elsewhere.

You've been given chapter and verse here, by those who know, good luck.

I'm sure the mods and admins will see you coming.

[flummox]

Originally Posted by beaker17

Very simple, all the world knows my home address after 40 years living here.
If I moved - all the world would no longer know my new home address, only those I choose to let have it.

Same with my IP - thousands of sites know my IP. If I changed it only those sites I then contacted would know my new IP. A fresh start.

Sound sensible to me.
If I had a dynamic IP supplied, it would change frequently.

It should be my choice whether I have a new IP every single day or keep it for life.

This would work for about 30 seconds, given how internet connected everything is.

[Kushan]

Originally Posted by pip08456

Does that still work Kush?

I have no idea. I was hoping OP would try it and find out.

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.

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.

[pip08456]

By mac address is a favourite or at least is one of multiple ways.

Originally Posted by beaker17

Please forget the whole thing. I will find the answer elsewhere.

I'm sure you will.

The fact remains that you are wasting your time.

Having a paddy about it when people point out your wasting your time wont change that.

[roughbeast]

Originally Posted by beaker17

Please forget the whole thing. I will find the answer elsewhere.

Truly, the best way of changing IP, apart from switching to or from modem-only mode, is to get VPN. This won't cost you huge amounts. $8.00 a month ain't that bad if it's important to you.

[General Maximus]

what a super idea, I hadn't thought of that