Voice Chat IP ADRESS

[Máté]

Can someone take my ip adress from voice chat and what can they do with it

[76561198356446917]

yes

[Máté]

Originally posted by Obrad_21:

yes

is it dangerous

[☜ Whiskey In The Jar ☞]

yes

[Máté]

Originally posted by Taz:

yes

is it dangerous what could happen

[Aly]

Not "anyone". It has to be a some sort of guy who knows how to code. It can be easily done with console i guess. But dont worry. There is not many people who can do that and also there is not a people who will abuse that.

[Máté]

Originally posted by Happy birthdays Choco!!:

Not "anyone". It has to be a some sort of guy who knows how to code. It can be easily done with console i guess. But dont worry. There is not many people who can do that and also there is not a people who will abuse that.

I think shes just trying to threaten me/ to sound dangerous idk she did sound very dumb xD

[Falro the Great]

To answer the second part of your question, there's nothing they can do to you just by knowing "your" I.P. address. I.P. addresses are not unique, and often a simple restart of your router will change it.

[Máté]

Originally posted by Falro the Great:

To answer the second part of your question, there's nothing they can do to you just by knowing "your" I.P. address. I.P. addresses are not unique, and often a simple restart of your router will change it.

i told my dad my wifi is slow so he restarted my router :)

[DizzyChimera]

Originally posted by Falro the Great:

I.P. addresses are not unique

Yes they are. They're just not specific to one person or device; they can be passed around, but only one person or device gets to use it at a time. So there's only one device using each one, but if it stops, another device can use it. It's like a costume in a play, only one person can wear it at a time but anyone can put it on.

But yeah, it might give them a general idea of where you live (what country, maybe state/city but it won't put them on your doorstep) but you've seen those things that hold signs telling you about your computer, right? This is all stuff your computer has to send out. IP addresses and what browser you're using are going out to all the websites you visit. It's not a password of any sort. It's like your house address, except for your computer and not your house, so people can show up on your computer but if they don't have a key (user password) or you don't let them in (hosting a server of some sort), they can't really do much.

basically you're fine it's not a security risk, the "yes it's dangerous" person is a troll or doesn't know what they're talking about

[Zulwarn]

Originally posted by Máté:

Originally posted by Happy birthdays Choco!!:

Not "anyone". It has to be a some sort of guy who knows how to code. It can be easily done with console i guess. But dont worry. There is not many people who can do that and also there is not a people who will abuse that.

I think shes just trying to threaten me/ to sound dangerous idk she did sound very dumb xD

You have nothing to worry about. Simply block them and move on. If they're breaking any Steam rules, report them.

[Falro the Great]

Originally posted by Super Suit 12:

Originally posted by Falro the Great:

I.P. addresses are not unique

Yes they are. They're just not specific to one person or device; they can be passed around, but only one person or device gets to use it at a time. So there's only one device using each one, but if it stops, another device can use it. It's like a costume in a play, only one person can wear it at a time but anyone can put it on.

That's what I meant by unique, that there's not one I.P. address per person.

[weekend]

nice

[Máté]

Originally posted by Havoc:

Originally posted by Máté:

I think shes just trying to threaten me/ to sound dangerous idk she did sound very dumb xD

You have nothing to worry about. Simply block them and move on. If they're breaking any Steam rules, report them.

i did and thanks for making me feel safer i guess

[Máté]

Originally posted by Super Suit 12:

Originally posted by Falro the Great:

I.P. addresses are not unique

Yes they are. They're just not specific to one person or device; they can be passed around, but only one person or device gets to use it at a time. So there's only one device using each one, but if it stops, another device can use it. It's like a costume in a play, only one person can wear it at a time but anyone can put it on.

But yeah, it might give them a general idea of where you live (what country, maybe state/city but it won't put them on your doorstep) but you've seen those things that hold signs telling you about your computer, right? This is all stuff your computer has to send out. IP addresses and what browser you're using are going out to all the websites you visit. It's not a password of any sort. It's like your house address, except for your computer and not your house, so people can show up on your computer but if they don't have a key (user password) or you don't let them in (hosting a server of some sort), they can't really do much.

basically you're fine it's not a security risk, the "yes it's dangerous" person is a troll or doesn't know what they're talking about

Thanks for you informative answer

[Shinya Kogami]

Same happened to me, they are just trolls who like to make empty threats in most cases they will say the following or something similar "blah blah blah ill ddos u unless insert random request(like asking for inventory items)". Just report them and block them.