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Every time you use the internet from any device, all your activities are traceable back to you via your IP address.

An Internet Protocol (IP) address is an address for a computer on the Internet, which exists to allow data to be delivered to that computer. Your Internet Service Provider (ISP) allocates an IP address to you each time you connect, and records that you have that IP address at that time against your account.

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