The spying and selling of user data aren’t limited to websites either. Anyone with your IP address can do this, and while it won’t give out your actual home address or name to everyone, anyone with access to your ISPs customer data can find you fairly easily. Here I’ve done a basic IP lookup, which returned my location down to the area of the city in which I live. Your IP address can also be used to track your location, even when your location services are turned off. This is why ads on the internet sometimes feel oddly personal: it’s because they are.
They then sell this data to advertising companies who use it to tailor ads straight to you. Whenever you access a website, the server you connect to logs your IP address and attaches it to all the other data the site can learn about you: your browsing habits, what you click on, how long you spend looking at a particular page. The other reason to hide your IP address is simply for more privacy and to prevent misuse of your personal information.
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