Privacy and security2 min read
How to protect your IP address
What someone can really do with your IP address, what they cannot, and what actually protects you: an updated router, sensible IPv6, VPNs and encrypted DNS.
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- Privacy and security2 min read
VPNs and your IP address: what changes, and what doesn't
What websites see with a VPN on, how to check that it works, typical leaks, and what a VPN doesn't protect against.
- IP addresses1 min read
How to find your public IP address
The fastest way, and how to find both your public and your private address on Windows, macOS, iPhone, Android and your router.
- IP addresses1 min read
Static vs dynamic IP: the difference, and which one you need
Why dynamic addresses change, what a static IP is good for, where CGNAT comes in and whether a home user really needs a fixed address.
- Privacy and security1 min read
How to change your IP address
Restarting the router, switching to mobile data, a VPN or a fixed IP: what each one changes, and what it doesn't.
- IP addresses2 min read
What is an IP address?
The number that identifies your connection on the internet — what it is, who assigns it, and what it does and doesn't reveal about you.