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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;buddy16cat, post: 1483760, member: 37356&quot;]If security is a concern with your IP address I would suggest either acquiring software that will hide your IP address like Hide IP or learn to configure a proxy server on your browser.&nbsp; Lists of proxy IPs are available at certain sites just Google it.&nbsp; In order to get your IP address, they must first be able to gain administrative privileges of this forum.&nbsp; If the administrative password is complex and not a common word using a variety of characters, this could take some time.&nbsp; Your IP address is only yours for a short period and changes once you shut your computer or router down.&nbsp; In order to gain access on who used that IP address they would have to hack into your ISPs network which I am sure has many security measures in place.&nbsp; These tasks are not small ones and a common thief may have a difficult time with them.&nbsp; There is a level of anonymity on the web and gaining information about who is where is not an easy task but can be done but masking your IP address does make that much more difficult.&nbsp;&nbsp; I took 3 computer security courses in graduate school.&nbsp; The task you are talking about is not impossible but difficult and that would make you wonder how likely it would happen.&nbsp; You are much likely to have the stolen by a &quot;friend&quot; or relative or something who knows who you are and what you got.&nbsp; This person would be easy to track down though.&nbsp; Although computer hackers do things that are unethical and criminal, they do not seem the type to be tracking down coin collectors, they would sooner open up a credit card in your name and charge away.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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