Can a moderator of an internet message board see my IP address?

Question

I was wondering if a moderator of an internet message board/forum can see my IP address when he/she reads my post? Or does the moderator have to go out of her way to see my IP address? Or is the IP address not something the moderator can see at all?

Thanks for the help

Answer 1

There are no secrets on the internet. Everything you do is tracked by someone somewhere.

Answer 2

ShortAnswer: Almost Always



LongerANswer:

The computer at the other end DEFINITELY can see your IP address. Thats necessary for everything internetish. You send a packet of information to the forum and in order to see the results of it appear there, a packet has to be sent back. That IP is address to send that back to. Otherwise you would be typing everything blindly.



The person who owns/operates that computer at the other end (and any along the route) can see the routing IPs for everything.



Whether or not someone else who is ON that machine can see it (such as a moderator) depends on the software and the permissions granted by whoever owns the computer. But its very common to allow moderators to see IPs. Its an important part of being able to moderate a forum. Particularly any forum that allows the moderator to ban a user since they have to be able to tell if the same user is coming in under another name.



ON THE OTHER HAND...

there are people who are determined to get around such things. The keywords to search for would be web proxies, or maybe vpn, which are both ways to "bounce" your activity off of another IP and have that IP bounce responses to you. It wont "hide" the sending IP but it does make it into a different one

Answer 3

Hmm, this could be a tough one. there is not any way you may benefit get admission to to the ip that they are utilising, however the social networking sites could have a checklist. I propose you touch the social networking sites and propose them of the region, they may well be waiting to look at and block their ip. yet whether their ip is banned then there's no longer something to offer up them from getting yet another one. do you comprehend what ISP they use? possibly you're able to desire to deliver a letter to them. i do no longer comprehend why the police cant help because of the fact harassment is harassment no be counted if or no longer it is offline or on line. Get in touch with the police lower back, and in the event that they do no longer desire to handle it make a criticism.

Answer 4

If you are talking about a forum yes moderators and Admins can see your IP address.

Answer 5

That depends on the software the message board is suing and what the site admin wants to allow mods to have access to

Answer 6

YES but no big deal.

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IP address tells who yourr ISP is, && its address.

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Today my IP address is in Grand Prairie TX. 20 miles from my actual location [Dallas TX]

- Usually it is in Arlington TX [30 miles away].

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68.94.7.38

- GRAND PRAIRIE TEXAS 75050

- UNITED STATES US

- AT&T INTERNET SERVICES 32.7335 -97.0049

Answer 7

I was on Yahoo Answers for something unrelated, but this question was shown on the sidebar...

Answer 8

Yes they can! Everyone can! They're all watching you!!!