Not really sure how it works, but I think if someone gets your IP, they can remotely fuck your shit up with the right tools. Is this true, and if it is, does basic Norton 360 protect against this? If not, how can I protect myself against someone who has my IP without a VPN? For some reason, I can’t get a VPN to run on my PC. I blame Norton tbh. It might be blocking it, but I have no proof. What should I do?
Norton 360’s internet protection is just a vpn like all others. IP and ISP attacks as far as i know, will not do anything harmful for your system (except Denial of Services attacks). So if someone has your ip, all that they can do is get your ubication but its 1% precise so you will be ok.
The worst they can do is DDoS you. Many routers will have protection against this, but worst cast scenario you temporarily don’t have internet access (turning the router off and on again may help). They can’t direct malware at you just by having your IP.
A VPN will stop someone getting your IP in the first place, but if they already have your real one, then a VPN is of no help.
Where do I find the internet protection on the program to make sure it’s on?
But if they have your IP, can’t they get your address and do stuff using that?
No, that’s a bit of a myth spread by cop shows. Someone with your IP address, but without access to your ISP’s records, can only get a vague location, like a city or county.
Yeah but they can get the ISP easy. They even told me.
Yea, the name of it, not their record of your actual address.
Oh, nice. But not even with hacker tools?
Nope. There is information they can get like that which can make them seem scarier than they actually are.
There was a person here a while back who had been sent a link from someone on Discord (I think), and after they clicked on it, the sender sent them a message saying, “12% is pretty low, better plug your charger in.” They checked, and sure enough their phone was on 12% battery. Scary, right? They’ve been hacked surely?
The link they had clicked on used a method called fingerprinting, which captures a bunch of data that your browser has access to in order to display things correctly on your screen. I have no idea why, but one of those things is battery level. So they hadn’t been hacked, no one had access to their phone, the sender just got a snapshot of what every other webpage on the internet can potentially access about your device.
An IP address on its own is of very little value to someone else, and very little threat to you. You’re all good 