{"id":553823,"date":"2023-02-16T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-to-hide-your-ip-address-the-5-best-ways\/"},"modified":"2023-02-16T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T14:00:00","slug":"how-to-hide-your-ip-address-the-5-best-ways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-hide-your-ip-address-the-5-best-ways\/","title":{"rendered":"#How to Hide Your IP Address: The 5 Best Ways"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2533a417772\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" 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href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-hide-your-ip-address-the-5-best-ways\/#How_to_Hide_Your_IP_Address\" >How to Hide Your IP Address<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-hide-your-ip-address-the-5-best-ways\/#Get_a_VPN_to_Hide_Your_IP_Address\" >Get a VPN to Hide Your IP Address<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-hide-your-ip-address-the-5-best-ways\/#Tor\" >Tor<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-hide-your-ip-address-the-5-best-ways\/#Decentralized_VPN\" >Decentralized VPN<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-hide-your-ip-address-the-5-best-ways\/#Shadowsocks\" >Shadowsocks<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-hide-your-ip-address-the-5-best-ways\/#Proxies\" >Proxies<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CHow_to_Hide_Your_IP_Address_The_5_Best_Ways%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;How to Hide Your IP Address: The 5 Best Ways&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage size-full wp-image-856293\" data-pagespeed-no-defer=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/person-plugging-in-the-cable-matters-ethernet-cable-into-a-routerjpg_52577263822_o.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Person plugging in the Cable Matters ethernet cable into a router\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\">Hannah Stryker \/ How-To Geek<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are several good ways to hide your IP address. A VPN is the best way to hide your IP address, but other options include Tor and Shadowsocks. Proxies work, too, but come with security risks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your IP address is like your public ID on the internet. Any time you do anything on the internet, your IP address lets servers know where to send back information you\u2019ve requested. Many sites log these addresses, effectively spying on you, usually to deliver you more personalized ads to get you to spend more money. For some people, this is a significant issue, and there are ways to hide your IP address.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_Would_You_Need_to_Hide_Your_IP_Address\"><\/span>Why Would You Need to Hide Your IP Address?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>One of the big reasons that people hide their IP addresses is so that they can <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">download<\/a> illegal material without being tracked. But there are a lot of other reasons you might want to hide it.<\/p>\n<p>Your <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/341307\/how-do-ip-addresses-work\/\">IP address is the set of numbers that identifies you on the web and also reveals your physical location. From that follows that hiding your IP address allows you to hide your identity, which comes with all kinds of benefits.<\/p>\n<p>For one, hiding your IP address means it\u2019s harder to track you online: marketers like to target ads using IP addresses, for example.\u00a0Whenever 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, and how long you spend looking at a particular page. They then sell this data to advertising companies who use it to tailor ads straight to you. This is why ads on the internet sometimes feel oddly personal: it\u2019s because they are. Your IP address can also be used to track your location, even when your location services are turned off.<\/p>\n<p>Disguising your IP address is also a great way to avoid government surveillance: whether you\u2019re trying to circumvent active spying or trying to escape internet censorship\u00a0in countries like China that block some online content, ditching your real IP will help you get around these restrictions and view blocked websites.<\/p>\n<p>Hiding your IP address is also great for getting around less serious blocks: many streaming services cordon off parts of their library depending on the country you\u2019re in. By using a different IP address, you can easily unblock Netflix and other entertainment, making the most of your subscriptions.\u00a0Even some free websites may geo-lock their content, making it unavailable in certain countries.<\/p>\n<p>Another reason to hide your IP address is if you\u2019re torrenting or otherwise committing some kind of software piracy. The agencies that combat this type of online behavior use your IP address to track you and hand out fines. The only way to avoid this is to remove your IP from sight.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Can_an_IP_Address_Give_Away_Your_Physical_Location\"><\/span>Can an IP Address Give Away Your Physical Location?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Your <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/699265\/can-websites-see-your-physical-location\/\">IP address gives away more information about your physical location than you might think.<\/p>\n<p>Here I\u2019ve done a basic IP lookup, which returned my location down to the area of the city in which I live. Anyone with your IP address can do this, and while it won\u2019t give out your actual home address or name to everyone, anyone with access to your ISP\u2019s customer data can find you fairly easily.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  alignnone wp-image-367542 size-full\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/img_5b805bec9ebaf.png?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"A website showing the location associated with the writer's IP address.\" width=\"730\" height=\"353\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The spying and selling of user data aren\u2019t limited to websites either. Under US law, your Internet Service Provider (Comcast, Verizon, etc.) has the right to collect information about you without your permission and sell it, just like any website owner does. While they all claim they don\u2019t sell customer data, it is certainly worth a lot of money to ad companies, and there is nothing legally stopping them. This is a major problem, as half of the people on the internet in the US only have one choice of ISP, so for many, it\u2019s either be spied on or go without internet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <strong><em>Can Websites See Your Physical Location?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Hide_Your_IP_Address\"><\/span>How to Hide Your IP Address<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The two primary ways to hide your IP address are using a proxy server or using a virtual private network (VPN). (There\u2019s also <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/142380\/htg-explains-is-tor-really-anonymous-and-secure\/\">Tor, which is great for extreme anonymization, but it\u2019s very slow and for most people isn\u2019t necessary.)<\/p>\n<p>A proxy server is an inter<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>ry server through which your traffic gets routed. The internet servers you visit see only the IP address of that proxy server and not your IP address. When those servers send information back to you, it goes to the proxy server, which then routes it to you. The problem with proxy servers is that many of the services out there are pretty shady, spying on you or inserting ads into your browser.<\/p>\n<p>VPN is a much better solution.\u00a0When you connect your computer (or another device, such as a smartphone or tablet) to a VPN, the computer acts as if it\u2019s on the same local network as the VPN. All your network traffic is sent over a secure connection to the VPN. Because your computer behaves as if it\u2019s on the network, this allows you to securely access local network resources even when you\u2019re on the other side of the world. You\u2019ll also be able to use the Internet as if you were present at the VPN\u2019s location, which has some benefits if you\u2019re using public Wi-Fi or want to access geo-blocked websites.<\/p>\n<p>When you browse the web while connected to a VPN, your computer contacts the website through the encrypted VPN connection. The VPN forwards the request for you and forwards the response from the website back through the secure connection. If you\u2019re using a USA-based VPN to access Netflix, Netflix will see your connection as coming from within the USA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <strong><em>What Is a VPN, and Why Would I Need One?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In all these cases, hiding your IP involves rerouting your connection to a different spot in the world and letting you assume the IP address of that location. For example, if you\u2019re in the United States and need a Canadian IP, you\u2019d use a program or app and connect to Toronto or Vancouver, say. The way in which your connection is rerouted and secured can differ wildly between different solutions.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Get_a_VPN_to_Hide_Your_IP_Address\"><\/span>Get a VPN to Hide Your IP Address<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The best way to hide your IP address is to use a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/133680\/htg-explains-what-is-a-vpn\/\">virtual private network, better known as a VPN. This handy type of program reroutes your connection through a special type of server, essentially replacing your IP with that of the server for the duration of your session. On top of that, it also encrypts your connection, offering added security and privacy.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the reason you\u2019re hiding your IP address, VPNs are the ticket. They can get past any kind of blocks, whether thrown up by governments or Netflix, they can hide your torrenting and help you avoid marketers. They\u2019ll also work on almost any system, no matter if you need to hide your VPN address on iPhone or Android, Windows or Mac.<\/p>\n<p>VPNs are handy tools, but they come with one big issue: they cost money. Most free VPNs can\u2019t be trusted, so you\u2019re looking at an outlay of at least $50 or so per year, more if you use a top-of-the-line solution like ExpressVPN. As a result, they\u2019re not a good fit for everybody.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tor\"><\/span>Tor<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Another option is to use The Onion Router, which you\u2019re more likely to know as <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/114004\/how-to-browse-anonymously-with-tor\/\">Tor. Tor is a browser that lets you reroute your connection much like a VPN does, though instead of a server run by a company you\u2019re more likely using a device\u2014called a node\u2014set up by a volunteer. Because the network is run mostly by enthusiasts, it\u2019s entirely free to use.<\/p>\n<p>However, as much as we like Tor, there are a few issues with it. First off, it\u2019s slow: since Tor isn\u2019t encrypted like a VPN is, you need to bounce your connection around a few times to make sure no one node can trace you back. This can badly slow down your connection, to the point of unusability.<\/p>\n<p>The second issue is that because of the way it\u2019s set up, there are doubts how secure Tor really is. For example, you shouldn\u2019t torrent over Tor and even sensitive information should be sent with some care, like encrypting it yourself before sending. On top of all that, Tor can\u2019t crack Netflix, either.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Decentralized_VPN\"><\/span>Decentralized VPN<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Because of all these issues, a new type of tool has evolved which has some of the characteristics of Tor but supposedly combines them with the best of VPNs. Called <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/741691\/what-are-decentralized-vpns\/\">decentralized VPNs, they\u2019re supposed to be the future of the internet.<\/p>\n<p>After playing around with them for a while, we\u2019re not really sure how they fix Tor\u2019s shortcomings or if they\u2019re as safe as VPNs. However, they\u2019re great for streaming Netflix at little cost, so that\u2019s something to keep in mind.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Shadowsocks\"><\/span>Shadowsocks<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>If streaming and torrenting aren\u2019t priorities for you, you may want to check out something called <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/795336\/what-is-shadowsocks-and-how-does-it-work\/\">Shadowsocks, a protocol developed by a Chinese dissident to tunnel under the Great Firewall. Essentially, it reroutes your connection through a server but does so unobtrusively, without strong encryption. As such, it works great for avoiding censorship but won\u2019t work for torrenting.<\/p>\n<p>Setting up Shadowsocks is easy using a program called Outline, though you do need a server to route your connection through. Outline will help you set one up for $5 per month, but you can also see if you can arrange one of your own through a friend in a country without censorship.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Proxies\"><\/span>Proxies<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Finally, we come to proxies, a powerful <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/802198\/vpn-alternatives-what-can-you-use-besides-a-vpn\/\">VPN alternative that we have to mention purely because we kind of have to. While proxies do reroute your connection, they don\u2019t do much to hide your IP as they don\u2019t use encryption. As a result, you can use them to unblock YouTube when you\u2019re at school, say, but not much else. It\u2019s just too unsafe.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, when hiding your IP address, VPNs are your best bet. Tor is a bit iffy unless you know what you\u2019re doing, while Shadowsocks is a very specific tool. VPNs can do it all, and better, too. 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