hi i was on a chatroom last night for over an hour and i suddenly noticed that some users ip addresses were showing. i dont know whether mine was and im really worried now that if it was can someone hack my computer or find out where i live? ive never used chatrooms before so i have no idea how they work im really worried cos this is my parents computer and they use it for work and important stuff, i think it may have been a slightly dodgy site anyway cos it was supposed to be clean but i got asked dodgy stuff. so could my computer be hacked if my ip address was showing?
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They don’t have to hack your computer to do that. You ISP makes your address public knowledge.
http://www.ip2location.com/free.asp
There is no privacy on the internet so be careful of what you do.
“my parents computer and they use it for work”
Is the computer your parent’s computer or does it belong to the company they work for? If the later you may want to read the exceptable use policy the company may have for that computer.