Someone Has My IP Address. Should I Be Scared?

☑️ If someone threatens you because they know your IP address, it's an empty threat. ☑️ Finding you by your IP Locating you by your IP address is possible, but it requires skills, tools, and access the average user doesn’t have. Typically, law enforcement needs to be involved. You hand over your IP address with all your online activity; it’s how the internet works. Someone knowing your IP address isn’t anything special or terribly risky. If someone threatens you because they know it, it’s nothing more than bullying. Updates, related links, and more discussion: https://askleo.com/133963 🔔 Subscribe to the Ask Leo! YouTube channel for more tech videos & answers: https://go.askleo.com/ytsub ✅ Watch next ▶ Why I Keep Saying You’re Just Not That Interesting ▶    • Why I Keep Saying You’re Just Not That Int...   Chapters 0:00 Someone Has My IP Address 0:30 Should I be scared? 1:30 The big fat caveat 2:24 I know your IP address... 3:15 But, but, but… 3:45 “But I’m special — people really are after me.” 5:45 Disclosing your location 7:30 What to do? ❤️ My best articles: https://go.askleo.com/best ❤️ My Most Important Article: https://go.askleo.com/number1 More Ask Leo! ☑️ https://askleo.com to get your questions answered ☑️ https://newsletter.askleo.com to subscribe to the Confident Computing newsletter. ☑️ https://askleo.com/patron to help support Ask Leo! ☑️ https://askleo.com/all-the-different-... for even more! #askleo #IP #scam