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The IP Address: Your Internet Identity, Part 2
In Part 1, we looked at how information is able to be transferred from one computer to another because each computer has a unique identity which is called the "Internet Protocol address" or "IP address." Today, we'll see how users can be traced from their IP Addresses, and discuss the privacy implications that this raises:
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The IP Address: Your Internet Identity, Part 1
The Internet, sometimes called "the network of networks," is based upon one simple principle: transferring information from one computer to another. In order to do this each computer needs an identity which is called the "Internet Protocol address" or "IP address."