IP tracking
Digital location monitoring
IP tracking is the practice of monitoring or recording internet protocol addresses to identify users, their locations, or their online activity.
Websites track IPs for analytics, security, or advertising purposes.
The phrase often carries surveillance connotations: I'm worried about IP tracking when I use that site.
In informal contexts, threatening to track someone's IP is a common but usually empty internet bluff.
- geolocationDigital position identification
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- privacyFreedom from observation
- privacy invasionUnauthorized access to personal matters
- VPNEncrypted network connection
proxy · off the grid · burner phone · cookies · fingerprinting · data trail · tracing · logging · address · location · monitoring · cyberstalking · firewall · masking · detection · spyware · metadata · sniffing
IP trackinganonymity
Unknown identity state
anonymous browsing · online privacy · privacy protection · going dark · VPN use
IP trackingstakeout
Prolonged covert observation
tailing · wiretapping · HUMINT · GPS tracking
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