Post #2620737

2026-05-08 15:40 UTC

They’re really playing up the ominous tone. “We know this because your IP address — xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx — was the first thing your device sent us. We know the rest of it. We chose not to display it. Most pages would not have made that choice. We did not ask for your location. Your address arrived before you did.” Uh, yeah. That’s how IP addresses work.

Replies (8)

@lauha@lemmy.world 2026-05-09 07:45

Language and dark mode setting are also funny. Yes, I literally want to share those preferences so you don’t serve me a blinding white website in hebrew. What a hacker you are.

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@Nima@leminal.space 2026-05-08 16:21

dude be careful, right now your house is probably broadcasting a street address. the mailman that drops your mail off? *he knows*

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@bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-05-08 16:03

We sent a SYN-ACK packet and **YOU** acknowledged it, confirming you are not spoofing **YOUR IP address**. Now **WE** share the same sequence number. Most sites do not tell you this is happening.

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@XLE@piefed.social 2026-05-08 15:57

Compare this to Google's homepage, which is clean, wholesome, friendly, and inviting. (I don't mind sites that try to scare the user straight, but this one definitely has the unmistakable tinge of AI-generated wording. Make a sense if you click through the links at the bottom to see who created it.)

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@MisterCurtis@lemmy.world 2026-05-08 17:35

Yeah, a bit overly ominous. But my mom doesn't know that's how IP addresses work. And if it scares a bit more privacy mindedness into her, good.

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@Rhaedas@fedia.io 2026-05-08 16:00

Yes. You can either give them your real one, or not. That's the point being made. Actually the point of the whole page is that just loading a website tells a huge amount about you, even if you are behind a vpn and extensions to minimize your fingerprint. You are a product for sale.

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@saimen@feddit.org 2026-05-08 19:49

I am pretty sure 90% of the people using the Internet don't know what an IP address is.

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@phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2026-05-08 16:24

Well yes, but most people don't even know that part. I guess it's not the worst thing to tell them?

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