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Hi, I am new here and not sure if this is the right place to ask, but here goes.
Does bening added to someone’s Yahoo friends list make it easier for them to track you down, or find your IP#, or anything like that?
Thanks.Some aspects of your chat options may make it possible for the pc savy friend on your list to obtain your IP from specific functions like fileshare, superwebcam, pc 2 pc calling, basically the options that require both pc’s to connect to each other directly, this is called peer to peer (ip2ip). And after all this a IP is not much even in the better pc savy hands as the best they can do is trace it to the state/country where the node/exchange is, not directly to your home, they can if you dont have the usual securities on your pc (anti virus, firewall, anti malware/spyware) utensils, connect to your pc and may have tools on their pc that can damage your pc.
Chatting in a chatroom or just simply pming this person will NOT give them your ip address or any other valuable information bar perhaps your nickname or if you have put it up, your real name..
Be weary of people who pm you specifically asking for information about you and Never give out your personal infomation in Chat or PM.
I was talking to the person that stole my Yahoo ID before and all he knew what my IP address, and he got it from the phishing webpage not from yahoo messenger. All I had to do was restart my dsl modem to change my IP address. Restarting cable modem will do the same thing. If you have a dialup modem you can’t change your IP address without requesting a new IP from your ISP.
If you have a dialup modem you can’t change your IP address without requesting a new IP from your ISP.
Chris that is wrong. lol If you have a dialup connection all you have to do to get
a new ip is to disconnect from the internet the reconnect. The only reason you
would have to request a new ip is if you have a Static IP. Which would be
someone that is connected using a cable modem.
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