How to Find Someone Through Their IP Address
The Internet serves as a rich source of useful information for people of all walks of life. With this freedom to share data from one end of the globe to another, the chances of virtual predators victimizing innocent web users are high. Most people initially ignore these attacks. When the situation becomes more serious, however, tracking down the aggressors through their IP addresses can become both difficult and frustrating. This guide will hopefully cut down on some of the obstacles.
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Things You'll Need
- Legal summons
- Switchproxy extension
- Email encryption
- IP address
- ARIN search
Instructions
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Obtain legal summons prior to tracking down the suspect’s IP. This document will provide the investigator with credible authorization to get an attacker’s name, address and other personal information.
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Use the Firefox browser to avoid leaving traces of browsing activity. Exercise good judgment at all times when navigating through unfamiliar sites.
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Install the SwitchProxy extension in the meantime to keep all browsing untraceable.
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Encrypt any sent emails to prevent exposing one’s IP address. To the untrained eye, these scrambled messages are unreadable.
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Write down the attacker’s IP address on a piece of paper. Keeping this information on hard copy can be used for further legal recourse.
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Initiate an ARIN search of the IP address online to locate the company that owns that address.
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Ask the distributing company for further information on the IP.
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Use gathered data to resolve issues with attacker.
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Tips & Warnings
Call the police for help prior to meeting the attacker in person.
File a restraining order, when necessary.
Never meet suspect in an empty area.
