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Old 20-11-2008, 23:02   #13
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Re: host name

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Originally Posted by Joxer View Post
http://www.ip2location.com/free.asp

They know where you live. (Well, vaguely, got me to within 20 miles)

There seems to be some confusion here I assumed the OP was referring to an actual address, not an ip address, pretty much all VM employees have access to that...

I have always thought People are a bit paranoid about ip addresses - people don't generally try to find ip addresses and then try to hack them - they will scan ranges of ip addresses looking for known vulnerabilities, unless you are an obvious target, like a bank, they are unlikely to target you because they found your ip address.
Your (un)lucky. I just entered my IP and the cross hairs pointed to somewhere west of London. Pity I live South East of london.
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