How to hide your IP Address?

When you connect to the Internet, your Internet Service Provider (ISP) assigns you an Internet Protocol (IP) address. Most users have a router that connects the computers in their home to the Internet. Your router gets a public IP address from your ISP, and each computer within your home (or office) gets a private IP address from your router. When your computer connects to the Internet, the world sees your computer as your router. If you have only 1 computer, you can connect your computer directly to the Internet and it gets a public IP address from your ISP. Since the IP address assigned to you is public, any host en-route to the other end can track your Internet activity.

Conceal your IP address with a Virtual Private Network

Virtual Private Network (VPN) offers a connectivity to another network, and when connected your computer receives an IP address assigned by the VPN server. The traffic routes through the VPN network, so your true IP address assigned by your ISP is hidden. Aside from hiding your IP address, using VPN allows you to access any network even though your organization may block traffic from certain network. They help you get on the Internet with a different IP address than the one assigned to you by your ISP.
Here are a few VPN providers I recommend: But there are very many others you can find on the internet

• Express VPN
• Hide My Ass
• Vypr VPN (Free Trial)
• Pure VPN

VPN Services allow you to obtain a new IP address from any country (provided that the VPN provider you choose has a server in the country where you want) on any device (PC, Mac, iOS and Android), and surf Internet anonymously and securely. 

By renewing an IP address whenever and wherever, you'll never be blocked by regional blockage. Since traffic between you and the VPN server will always be encrypted, no hacker will intercept your data or eavesdropping on your Internet activity.

Now, Why would you hide your IP address?

You may have your very own reasons for hiding your IP address from others, but here are a few popular reasons why people would want to hide their public IP address.

• Hide your identity from your competitors - You may be commenting on your or competitor's products on various forums, and using your IP address will reveal your identity.

 

• Hide your geographical location - Certain networks prevent users from a specific geographical location, and use of proxy IP address will solve  this problem. When someone get to know your actual IP address, the your location can easily be revealed.

 

• Prevent Website Tracking - Every website or webpage you visited is tracked by the server hosted by the website owner. By hiding your IP address, your web visits cannot be tracked.

Protect your identity

If you navigate on the Internet with your IP address, your privacy and sensitive information about you can be monitored. With an IP address, your location, your ISP and your privacy or security can be breached. There are full of suspicious people on the Internet, and you need to protect your identity by hiding your IP address and use someone else's instead. There are many tools available to mask your IP address (free and paid), and use 3rd-party IP addresses offered by public companies.

Mask your IP address with Proxies

There are thousands of free web proxy servers that you can use to hide your IP address and surf anonymously. Browsing through a proxy means that you are not accessing a website directly, but going through a intermediate "proxy" which relays the information back and forth between you and the destination website.

Use someone else's network

Alternatively, you may use free Wi-Fi services offered by a coffee shop, hotel, or any public location. An IP address does not travel with your computer, but they are rather assigned by the router placed in the area you are in. To find your public IP address, Just type "Find My IP" without the quotes in the Google search engine. 

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