If you are familiar with VPNs, you may have noticed that many of the best VPN services offer dedicated IPs as an add-on ...

I have a rudimentary understanding of AS Numbers. The operator of ASN may controls a range of IP address assigned to them through purchase or some form of agreement. While I was trying to deepen my ...

With the invention of the internet years ago, new ways to market to consumers quickly arose—and companies seized the opportunity. Marketers used different means to track interactions to determine when ...

In May 2014, I reported on my efforts to learn what the feds know about me whenever I enter and exit the country. In particular, I wanted my Passenger Name Records (PNR), data created by airlines, ...

Surfshark has added dedicated IP support to its Linux GUI app, extending a feature it’s been focusing on since 2023.

The nomenclature of the web is vast. But even though words become commonplace, people often don't know what they really mean. But they should. An IP address, for instance, is a ubiquitous part of the ...

To monitor the number of existing ad-hoc clients on a wireless LAN, to identify devices that have set their own fixed addresses in the DHCP range or to take inventory of the devices currently ...

In a move that shouldn't come as much of a surprise, Telegram CEO Pavel Durov recently announced that his company will now hand over user IP address and phone number information to governments who ...

Internet networking involves a lot of alchemy, and I confess to occasionally dropping an eye of newt (or an IP of newt) into a boiling pot to fix problems on my local network. There’s a particular ...