"Aluxe" <aluxelocochon@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:10ttexze4eqnv$.1qiaxnv3efv7t.dlg@40tude.net.. .
> > What possible threats do you think changing IP address
> > is protecting you from ?
>
> Why do they have little walls between the phones on the wall at the hotel
> lobby?
>
> This is a little way to protect your conversation from prying ears.
>
> Why does my hatchback have a sliding cover over it. Another little way to
> protect privacy.
>
> I'm hoping that changing my IP address prevents a casual observer from
> taking all my usenet posts and figuring out who I am, where I work, where
i
> live, who is my spouse, what I do for a living, etc.

OK, so lets say a bad guy gets your ip address, and he runs a whois search
on that ip.
Guess what, the listing of that IP is your ISP, not you, so there is no way
he can identify you to that IP address. Now if the cops came up with a
warrant, they can force the ISP into giving out information that will
identify you, but ISP's will not give out information about your surfing
unless they are forced to by a court order, and some have even fought that.