this post was submitted on 13 Sep 2025
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tbh i don't know, i heard somebody i have some rapport with say they don't personally visit reactionary sites (such as this due to ip logging) and, am repeating my distrust of visiting such site
in truth my competency with this field of cyber security is low
generally your IP address isn't terribly sensitive information. it can be used to verify that something on your network made a request to a server, but not on its own - you need ISP cooperation, or access to a well maintained private database that only major online corps like Google, MS, or Facebook might keep. most random websites arent going to have the means to trace an IP back to a person. if you did something on their website that gave them cause to target your IP, the worst they could reasonably do is DOS you until they get bored or you call your ISP.
just visiting it can be dangerous if there's some kind of driveby malware or something, but no more so than any other link on the internet.
Even though this is generally true it is irresponsible to provide this as advise.
You can't predict what threats the readers will face or what other risks they make take if they unlearn good security culture habits.
For all we know there could.. hang on a sec.. ok my hands are nowhere near the lathe.. for all we know there could be another eternal blue level zero day dropping this minute in which case anyone whose ip has been logged recently is toast.