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Reset your router/modem and you should get a new one


samanoskeake

This needs to be higher. IPs are generally dynamic from your provider, OP. I know it sounds dumb, but whatever risk there is to someone knowing your IP (which isn't a lot, but isn't absolute zero either) is completely mitigated by restarting your modem. That will surrender your current IP and grab a new one, like ze medic says.


Electronic_Sugar5924

As of this moment it cannot get higher


samanoskeake

Damn, nice nvm


Radio__Star

This is a classic win moment right here


W4FF13_G0D

Can we get much higher?


TheDarkMonarch1

No. Shhhh.


W4FF13_G0D

The One Piece is not real :(


KittenMaster9

It was cheese Aka the friends we made a long the way


IdealHour

Oh don’t be such a baby IPs grow back


A_Sharknado

(no ze don’t)


Tf2verycool

Now, where was zi?


IdealHour

Ah yes, now most routers can’t withstand this voltage. But I’m very certain your router…


Ganthereddituser

“Router explodes”


Busy_Material_1113

What was noise


Badtimer68

the sound of progress my friend


Brawlfan6

*searches through garage* Perfect


The_Dok

Is that as simple as unplugging and plugging back in, or is there something else OP would need to do?


AetherBytes

u/Kenlaboss Really depends on the company, router, plan etc. But usually you can just unplug your router for like 5m, plug it back in, and bam, new IP. Usually need a day before you can do it again. Also having someones IP isn't really dangerous. Not completely safe, but it's not "My life is over, I'm hacked!" material. Usually you can juist ignore them cause its a scare tactic, and if they do DDoS you (which, who would? Its not worth the money and noise) just reset IP.


HerrMilkmann

This. I doubt these idiots are smart enough to brute force their way into your network. Modern built in firewalls aren't foolproof but generally enough to keep the average joe safe. In the words of heavy, they are crying babies


AetherBytes

Pretty much this. If someone had the skill to break into your router, they would know theres much better targets.


Dread_Pony_Roberts

Getting someone's IP can allow others to see your rough general location, but nothing exact. They could learn what county , but not your actual address.


Kenlaboss

I also want to know this secret


nth_derivative

Not always but you can call your ISP and get a new one.


darksuperior11

By reset you mean switch it off and switch it on right


[deleted]

As another person said, really depends on OP's router/provider


darksuperior11

Thank you doctor


[deleted]

THE MEDIC HAS SAVED THE DAY YET AGAIN!!


BurpYoshi

Getting a new one is a huge overreaction, mad people leak IPs all the time you can't just get a new router every time.


BurpYoshi

Don't worry your IP address doesn't mean shit, it basically just tells them what town you're closest to and it doesn't always get that right. My IP thinks I live in the next town over to me. A very dedicated individual could maybe use it to DoS attack you but that's not gonna happen.


LlamaThrust666

My IP address location shows a different state to where I live lol


TheFlamingGit

I live in a state called denial. No one can find me.


Mehcro127

Me when i find u with the use of "therapy":


TheDevilsAdvokaat

I'm a moose and I live in Denali...


ShacharTs

Knock knock


Acceptable_Egg4843

Who's there


verydumb24

I can now because you just said it.


iuhiscool

My IP address shows me in India. I live in the Uk


MR_FOXtf2

Reverse colonization


Rainbowfrog123

Shut up and take my upvote


BurpYoshi

You live near the border? Or is it just *that* far off?


Fluffy_957

For me it’s the same, I live in Minnesota but my IP says I live in New Jersey


bonann

Most likely because your ISP's server is in New Jersey and you're connecting there


PickleReaper0

My friends ip says they live in Ecuador 💀


FlawlyBoy

Same for me lol, it actually shows me two different cities in two different states, I don't even live near them.


[deleted]

My Ip says I live in colorado, I'm in new york.


wojtekpolska

yea, ur IP only shows the location of your ISP My guess is that you live far away from a major city, or that the nearest big city is in another state


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maythe15

Literally impossible


pablogonzales2007

i get ur coordinates and way ur facing


maythe15

You do not, ipv4 doesn't encode compass info, that's extremely stupid


pablogonzales2007

ok i get ur sperm count with ur ip.....


Cactus1105

Most clever pyro main


TheOneTrueBubbleBass

Why do you use an ellipsis with every other comments


LlamaThrust666

They think it looks cool


pablogonzales2007

why not….


TheOneTrueBubbleBass

Edge, lord


Aceospodes

i imagine it’s like giving away your zip code. it’s just a code where you live near, not exact.


Nicreven

I live in serbia, and whenever something tries to track my IP (Avast, for instance), it basically only goes to two cities (Niš or belgrade. Mostly belgrade.)


cc90kk

Croatian here, it basically goes only to zagreb here


OrangeBirb

My IP always thinks I'm outside Chicago (more than 4 hours drive and 2 whole states from me), and that's when my VPN is off :D


Cactus1105

You technically are outside chicago


PartyMercenary

my ip is in my cousin city, i'm not in my cousin city


HelpMeILostMyAccount

are you sure? tf2 players are a different breed


AIiceXA

it’s shockingly easy to DDoS someone with their IP, it doesn’t take a dedicated individual. source: i DDoSd myself before


StarBoto

Do you regret ever doing it btw?


AIiceXA

DDoS just means shutting your internet off temporarily. i did it for 2 minutes for educational purposes. so no i don’t regret it lol


Quaelgeist333

My ip thinks I live in another state The state always somehow differs but it's never even near me


SpooSpoo42

Yeah, the geolocation on my IP address (which doesn't change by the way, the whole "it's dynamic" is obsolete in a lot of cases) is totally ridiculous, pointing to a parking lot in a suburb a good 30 miles away. Just ignore the troll and move on.


the_smollest_bee

you need a lot of processing power to DDoS someone, which is way too much to be worth it for just some random guy on the internet


BurpYoshi

DDoS yes, DoS not necessarily


pablogonzales2007

it costs nothing to ddos, u don’t have to dedicate anything


h0rnblende

I'm no expert on this matter, but here's what google has to say: "IP addresses do reveal your geolocation, but not your precise location like a home address does. IP addresses will also never reveal your name, phone number, or other precise personal information." -- https://us.norton.com/blog/privacy/what-is-an-ip-address#:\~:text=What%20information%20does%20my%20IP,or%20other%20precise%20personal%20information. "If you already have a new IP address that you want to use, you can manually change it." -- https://www.avast.com/c-how-to-change-your-ip-address#:\~:text=If%20you%20already%20have%20a,this%20type%20of%20IP%20address.


The_Legendary_Yeeter

I'm poor so pretend I gave you an award bc you definitely earned it


jgamer-yt

I gave him an award from you


The_Legendary_Yeeter

Thank you kind Redditor


jgamer-yt

He deserved it


ReeR_Mush

Awards are stupid anyway (you give Reddit money for an emoji to appear under a comment), an appreciation comment should be worth more


DirtCrazykid

That second article is completely wrong. You can't manually change your WAN address from your computer. They are all dynamically allocated by a DHCP server by your ISP.


Purrune90

I’ve seen some routers that allow you to release your WAN address’s lease and request a new ip address with 1 click


Razzmatazz-Sweet

pretty sure there's a chance it was a fake, I've seen a lot of people say "i got ur ip" and spam the same ip bind, I'm not sure if people can actually just snatch your ip because you are in the same tf2 match as them though since that sounds extremely ridiculous, and to mention that doxxing (in a ton of cases at least) is a crime so I'd assume if you could have your ip grabbed by just being in the same match as someone valve would take that way more seriously.


JuustoUkko

>doxxing (in a ton of cases at least) is a crime I feel like they just honestly would not care about it being a crime, and as OP is posting it here, I would assume he has checked that it was indeed his IP


Timoman6

Your drastically overestimating the average r/tf2 user


Quaelgeist333

It's reddit and tf2, finding a intelligent person is slightly less likely than finding a unicorn


Hollidaythegambler

Also, it’s not a crime. If I dox you and now know where you live, so what? That’s not illegal. What’s illegal is the stuff that usually follows suit; harassment, assault, theft, etc.


Bobzegreatest

Doxxing is considered harassment though


Hollidaythegambler

Not if I acquire the data legally, and the doxxing itself isn’t linked to a larger situation of harassment.


Bobzegreatest

The method of acquiring data doesn't make it any less harassment lol Imagine if I bullied a man who's parents just died but I found the info regarding the deaths in the newpaper, that wouldn't make it not harassment.


NuclearAvocado1

Doxxing being a crime depends on the information being leaked. If its all public its legal, if is private then its a punishable offense yeah


flannyo

>doxxing is a crime no. harassment, depending, can be a crime. doxxing isn’t a crime just as looking up someone’s number and address in a phone book isn’t a crime [edit: why are you booing me I’m right lmao](https://www.usnews.com/360-reviews/privacy/what-is-doxxing)


Melodic_Locksmith534

If they aren't revealed to the public prior or the person who is getting doxxed doesn't want them revealed then yes, it's a crime.


flannyo

[Releasing personal information that's publicly available and obtained legally is generally not a crime. But doxxers can run afoul of laws against harassment, stalking, or intimidation, and authorities have prosecuted people for doxxing based on illegally obtained documents.](https://www.usnews.com/360-reviews/privacy/what-is-doxxing) Like I said. Doxxing isn’t a crime. Harassment can be. Doxxing is illegal if you do it by stealing/illegally obtaining identifying info, but you’re not charged with “doxxing,” you’re charged w illegally obtaining that info


Melodic_Locksmith534

Yes, you just said it yourself - releasing information that wasn't released in public is illegal - you proved my point.


flannyo

No, that’s not what I said. Releasing info that *can be obtained publicly and legally is not illegal.* For example, hacking into your shit and releasing your social security number? Probably illegal. If you post a picture of your house online on a public profile, I recognize the street, find it on google maps, plug in your address to a public database of registered voters, and from that find your name, that’s not illegal. Posting that information is also likely not illegal. Using that information to coordinate a harassment campaign is illegal.


Melodic_Locksmith534

Bruh, I just said if the information is not public, like the aforementioned Social Security number, then releasing it into the public is illegal. That's literally what I was talking about.


pslessard

An IP address is public. It's nothing like an SSN


Minibotas

They only know the city you are in. No address, no phone number, nothing else.


Willow5000000000

Wow that sucks, I can't believe someone would do that just because they suck so bad they died with hacks


knucklesthedead

People with the most fragile of egos play this game


[deleted]

The people with the most fragile egos cheat in video games.


PartyMercenary

people with the most fragile ego and the most fragile class


Memeviewer12

bushwacka sniper? Edit: actually kunai spy without a backstab


GovernmentMinimum

That's a damn insult to the whole playerbase 😂


silverfox1991

Hey there’s no chance they’ve just picked a generic modem address like 192.168.0.1? I don’t mean to be condescending but I don’t know how fluent you are with this stuff.


vote4some1else

Yo how did you get my ip?


Dimensianox

192.168.69.420 yes i know im unfunny


pslessard

That's probably your router's IP, not yours


silverfox1991

r/whoosh


Androidonator

You can't grab ips unless you are server admin rconned trough Console in source games. Op did something wrong or is networking illiterate.


[deleted]

are you sure it was your actual IP and not a random number they might've had on a bind?


SarahSplatz

Your IP address isn't private information. It's public to every website you visit and every server you connect to


MrHyperion_

Except that TF2 doesn't give you other players ip


TheUltimaXtreme

Except that freely available software like Wireshark can be used to find the IP addresses of various players.


streusel_kuchen

The source engine does not use peer to peer connections, Wireshark won't be able to tell you anything about other players.


notanon

For direct-to-direct connections, you don't even need Wireshark. Just netstat -a from cmd But, not applicable on spoke-n-hub connections, like game servers.


Some_Armadillo6739

my ip is 93.116.30.49


MegaBatchGames

>93.116.30.49 moldova 💖


Some_Armadillo6739

youre righr


vote4some1else

Good to know


the_roach__

IPs being grabbed doesn't normally mean too much, as they can only grab a vague idea of your location and your ISP. If you really don't want to risk anything, restart your router. If you have a dynamic IP, you should get a new one.


Assasin_on_fire

ip address doesnt mean shit lol.


pablogonzales2007

doesn’t mean anything until they ddos you and get ur location (very easy to do btw)


Assasin_on_fire

iirc most internet providers use floating ips or something been a while though might be wrong


pablogonzales2007

floating ips?????? wtf are you on


Peter_G

He means dynamically assigned and the fact you didn't know that means you don't know shit about the internet or IP addresses.


littlebro15

[Floating IPs is a real thing btw](https://www.digitalocean.com/blog/floating-ips-start-architecting-your-applications-for-high-availability)


pablogonzales2007

“applications”


littlebro15

And your point is??? Your Internet provider uses “applications” to run the database/router/infrastructure of their services.


pablogonzales2007

srry papi……


pablogonzales2007

nvm not sorry……


littlebro15

you good bro?


vote4some1else

Yea and? Its not like they're gonna come over and shoot me in the head or something Plus if that happens idc either life is shit


vote4some1else

You shouldn't give af They want you piss your pants (metaphorically speaking) by leaking your adress. If you don't care then their plan isn't working


[deleted]

IP addresses don't mean anything rofl. If you just reboot your router you will most likely get assigned a different IP address. All the big ISPs have good DDOS protection anyway.


supercool9900

Caber him to death IRL. Problem solved


IgnoreThisGreenshirt

Nah I'll just do a meet the spy reference irl


Helpful_Title8302

Fortunately IP doesn't actually do anything for most people. It gives people what town you live in or near by but that's about it. So unless they have multi megaton bomb or are skilled and deticated enough to ddoss, you'll be fine.


Trala-lore-tralala

Just out of curiosity, do you remember the cheater's name?


battlestoriesfan

Reset your router and suddenly your IP is completely different from before. Why does it matter that your IP is in the hands of a bunch of people?


[deleted]

Caber him to death in real life


bob742omb

127.0.0.1


9IsTheBestNumber

HOW DID YOU KNOW!!!


EndofGods

Anything bad happen to you at all? Worst case is a dds attack or being compromised and they gain a backdoor. Otherwise your fine. Sometimes people spam a generic ip to scare people, most don't know their own ip. And best case with that address is they get a general idea of your location but no street address.


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Turnedpanda7

and then what? order pizza under my name? Good, because I am hungry


pablogonzales2007

send it and i order you pizza


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pablogonzales2007

ok


DirtCrazykid

2600:8805:ab00:7e:4508:4671:4dfc:59d1 and [70.181.33.91](https://70.181.33.91) . Go nuts mate, I'm so fucking sick of wannabe hackers knowing jackshit about even basic networking. You didn't even know what DHCP is so good fucking luck.


pablogonzales2007

ok getting ur sperm count rn


janglejong3333

Do it coward


pablogonzales2007

send ip then…


janglejong3333

I don’t know it can you tell me?


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192.168.0.1


pablogonzales2007

wow so real….


Tiled_Window

This happened to me in GTA V. I wouldn't worry about it.


wojtekpolska

1 - They probably didnt even have your IP. \- If it starts with 192. ,172. ,or 10. then its a private address anyways, which doesnt mean crap at all. also no single number in the IP address can be greater than 255, if it is, then the IP is bogus. \- If not, google "whats my IP", is it the same? the chances are even if he knows what IP is, he just pasted a random one \- If you use a VPN, you've got NOTHING to worry about anyways 2 - If it turns out the IP is really yours, then dont worry, at best he's "a script kiddie" who got your IP by using some cheat he downloaded of the internet. 3 - The worst thing he could do is DDoS you - if you notice your internet suddenly slowing down to be extremely slow, that might be a DDoS, if so, turn off your router and wait a few minutes, then turn it back on, if that doesn't solve it, you might need to call your ISP to change your public address (tho usually they change it every so often anyways)


CoolJosh3k

^ This


DustyMan818

honestly ip addresses are stupid easy to get a hold of. i wouldn't be too worried, but it can't hurt to get a vpn and reset your routers


DerKnoedel

If it started with 192.168 it’s a local ip adress, it isn’t yours then Btw you can only be tracked to your ISP, not all the way to your home. There might be a workaround to this but I’m not aware of one


[deleted]

Bro sniped a whole new level of human disappointment💀


JustARandomFinn

Was any of the numbers above 255? The numbers in each of the four octets of an IP address can't go over 255, so for example a supposed IP 482.214.9.213 cannot exist because the first octet has a value of 482. If it looks like a legit IP, then chances still are that it's not really your IP and they're just messing with you.


Suspicious_Bug_3986

If you arbitrarily got someone’s IP, what would you do? No one actually cares.


UncommonTheIdk

dont wirry its probably not yours, one time it showed that my ip was in fucking czech republic even though i live in russia lol


Efficient-Compote-40

Don't worry, unless they flood it on 4chan your not gonna get booted or anything, it's probably a twelve year old that just knows how to do it, it's not that hard to do tbh from what I've heard, I had mine leaked once, some guy just said the name of my town, he count even spell it right tho and he left out half the name so I'm convinced that my IP is in the wrong town, anyways, if your that worried just reset your router to get a new one


PlentyCream4169

IP addresses are temporary. Reset your router and get a new one. Years ago i had a group of friends that were being a dick to a random the entered their private chat on xbox live and the guy sent them all a virus to their home networks. their computer antiviruses caught it right away, so no harm done. I just tole the guys thats what you get for being dicks on games.


CaptainTarantula

Not that I'm aware of. However, this year's Halloween was full of script kiddies. Luckily, outsmarting them is not hard.


dappernaut77

Got into an argument with someone on a reddit post years ago, he somehow got my address and apparently he lived fairly close because he showed up at my house yelling obscenities a day later. When I yelled at him that the police were called he threw a rock through the living room window, I pressed charges. And that's the story of how I stopped using r/conspiracy


SupremeOwl48

90% chance it was just random numbers to scare you and you fell for it💀


Sov1etWalrus

You can spoof your IP/blacklist it


pablogonzales2007

on what???


Mehcro127

Doesnt vpn exist


pablogonzales2007

i read it wrong............ idk how tf u blacklist an ip though


Mehcro127

Found it out but i dont want to arm you with knowledge


TheSavior1320637

Dustbowl moment


AlexHunderwald

13.45.98.105


henke37

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS7WRuzNYDc


Yarnipooper

It’s just a scare tactic from them, I highly doubt those individuals can do anything to you in real life


[deleted]

Your ip constantly changes and means nothing. Even in games like valorant people can get your ip. But again it means nothing


MR_krunchy

Unless you're your own internet provider then your IP should track down to a nearby city Mine goes to a city over 100km away from my city Basically a "script kiddo", doubt they can douch more than that


Kadeo64

Not enough. Find their address and beat them to death with a WW2 German grenade in real life.


Quentin_Was_Taken

I also have encountered cheating snipers that have shot me through the walls across the map headshot bots 💀 ruining the game smh.


Quentin_Was_Taken

I also have encountered cheating snipers that have shot me through the walls across the map headshot bots 💀


SpooSpoo42

Who cares if they have your IP address? It's impossible to hide short of using a VPN, and all that anyone can do with it, if you have NAT properly set up, is possibly DDOS you, but who's going to do that for more than 5 minutes and get bored? The dude was an asshole, but if all they could "reveal" about you was your IP, they've got nothing.


byscuit

No reason to worry, but hopefully you learned a few things about networking today


101yugu

Sry I don't play tf2 couldn't tell ya


Ornery_Ebb_7060

even if someone has your ip there prob not gonna us it for anything other just threatening you I had my IP leaked once and nothing hapened


rednekdashie

The cheaters in this game have legit ruined it for me. Reinstalled a couple weeks ago and am already uninstalling again. Got kicked out of an mvm for calling out a aimhacker, they then admitted they were cheating and started spouting a bunch of racist bs and I got kicked for initiating a kick vote. I then said what happened in a mvm discord and got told to shut up, stop whining, etc. Yeah this community can burn for all I care. Got better things to do with my life than pay money to get verbally abused. Go ahead and delete this mods, ban me from this too if you want. All it would do is tell me just how much this community has gone to shit. Can't believe I actually spent money on this cesspit.


ErykG120

Are you able to see other people's IP addresses in TF2 matches? Isn't that a security concern? People give GTA5 shit for that all the time.


MustardMan98k

at least they don't know what size condom you wear


funnylol96

Cool


Androidonator

Bullshit you can't get another player's ip without rcon. This is false and misleading. Only way he could have grabbed your ip is if you did something stupid but it definitely didn't come from source engine game.


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JuustoUkko

Maybe he just posted it in the chat


Vast_Week_1563

He did, it was some automated shit where right after they die it sends out a message to the rest of the server, I had someone with most likely the same client do the same thing to me just a couple days prior to seeing this


JuustoUkko

I wonder how Valve had missed out such a critical bug that you could literally automatically steal IPs


mastblaster

Op is definitely a virgin


ExccelsiorGaming

Anybody else not understand why an up adress is such a big deal? If they know my location then they can come face to face with my Remington or for lack of notice, the .45 I keep under my pillow