Help, anyone.

Skunks · 10-18-2003, 02:03 AM

Paranoia about people "knowing your IP address" is sort of absurd. It's not a big secret, at all, and security through obscurity isn't a reasonable practice. There's very little an embittered individual could do knowing solely your IP, and even if they /did/ do something, you could sue their ass.

The same goes for "Evil people might know your IP! Click here to be super-safe!" ads: not unlike contemporary phone numbers, your IP is everywhere, attached to everything going in or out of your computer. In terms of "stalker information", an IP is up there with what shirt you wore last. It's mundane, it's easy to know, and it really doesn't mean anything to "bad people" on its own.

I feel like I should edit this, or just magically make it more coherent, but I can't be bothered.

10-18-2003, 02:03 AM	#3
Skunks I thought I changed this. Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: western nowhere, ny Posts: 412	Paranoia about people "knowing your IP address" is sort of absurd. It's not a big secret, at all, and security through obscurity isn't a reasonable practice. There's very little an embittered individual could do knowing solely your IP, and even if they /did/ do something, you could sue their ass. The same goes for "Evil people might know your IP! Click here to be super-safe!" ads: not unlike contemporary phone numbers, your IP is everywhere, attached to everything going in or out of your computer. In terms of "stalker information", an IP is up there with what shirt you wore last. It's mundane, it's easy to know, and it really doesn't mean anything to "bad people" on its own. I feel like I should edit this, or just magically make it more coherent, but I can't be bothered.

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