Why do you need to hide your IP address?

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• To maintain your online privacy and anonymity.
• To access geo-restricted websites, apps and games.
• To bypass censorship imposed by your country.
• To bypass blocks imposed at your workplace, school or university.
• To hide your shopping habits from online advertisers.
• To hide your personal information and other data relevant to your online activities from search engines.
• To test SEO and analyze marketing strategies.
• To get cheaper flights and hotel booking.

Your IP address exposes information about you and your location

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Your IP address is very generous when it comes to expose private information about you. For starters it shows data about the location of your present device:

• The country you’re from
• ZIP/Postal code
• Even your street location

And it keeps on giving specific details about you to anyone with a computer and who’s curious enough. For example your IP address linked to additional information like geolocation APIs, WebGL and a running Javascript can draw a pretty accurate sketch of who you are and what is your digital profile.

But if it’s so revealing you might think your IP address is somehow protected. Well, by default it’s not.

Anyone can find out your IP address. Even the persons you chat with, the admins of the websites you visit and the list is long.

But the one who knows all there is to know about you is your Internet provider. There’s not a place you can hide from your ISP. Your name, your browsing history, bank account details, and so on, it’s all there in their database.