How to Use IP address in a Sentence

IP address

noun
  • These trackers can scoop up details like your browsing habits, IP address, and even personal data.
    Sho Dewan, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The IP address of the threat was linked to a home in Buckeye, police said.
    Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 22 Sep. 2024
  • The video was posted on Kuaishou from an IP address in Guizhou.
    Nectar Gan, CNN, 24 June 2024
  • Keep in mind that using a third-party proxy will share your IP address with the proxy provider.
    Jacob Siegal, BGR, 6 Jan. 2023
  • The public IP address couldn’t be traced from there, as the user had been assigned to free apartment Wi-Fi.
    Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Dec. 2022
  • As of Tuesday, its website’s server IP address could no longer be found.
    Angela Yang, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Find your router’s IP address and enter it into your web browser.
    Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 9 Oct. 2023
  • According to the police report, the website received the request from a computer with the same IP address as the one owned by Paez, per Newsweek.
    Michael Lee Simpson, Peoplemag, 20 July 2023
  • When his alibi checks out, the cops track down Sam, a guy whose IP address also had access to Shelley’s camera.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 3 Oct. 2024
  • For instance, if your IP address has a track record of low spam complaints or bounce rates, then that will make your message sending IP more trustworthy.
    Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024
  • The user's original IP address is concealed, replaced by a unique one linked to their device on the local network.
    Advertising Content From Smartproxy, PCMAG, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Zhang allegedly used the same IP address to open the fraudulent bank accounts and to deposit counterfeit checks.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 7 Sep. 2023
  • This is a private IP address some internet service providers use as a gateway to access their routers’ settings.
    Whitson Gordon, Popular Science, 31 May 2023
  • So far, hackers have reportedly been using this IP address as part of attacks on AI workloads.
    Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Anyone who uses a Surfshark static server shares an IP address with everyone else on the same server.
    PCMAG, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Police then traced the call to an IP address in Pennsylvania and identified the caller with the help of law enforcement in Pennsylvania.
    Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2023
  • The websites share the same IP address, suggesting common ownership.
    Huo Jingnan, NPR, 6 June 2024
  • Some companies are even tracking employee IP addresses and buying chairs with weight sensors to make sure employees are in the office.
    Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2023
  • And users are also discussing options to bypass the legislation, such as buying a virtual private network to get a fresh IP address.
    Diana Li, Bloomberg.com, 18 May 2023
  • People who want to know if they’ve been infected can check the Check Point post’s indicators of compromise section, which lists file hashes, IP addresses, and domains used by the malware.
    Ryan Waniata, Ars Technica, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Major social media platforms in China require users to show their IP address location.
    Simone McCarthy, CNN, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Following his arrest, Durov, who is currently out on bail, said the app would hand over users’ IP addresses and phone numbers to authorities making legal requests.
    Reuters, CNN, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Plaid’s software noticed that multiple users had similar IP addresses, raising a red flag.
    Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 25 Apr. 2024
  • Much like people, who build a reputation over time for being professional and acting in a good, humane way, IP addresses also have a history which mailbox providers like to keep track of.
    Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024
  • The transfers from the bank account were made from devices and IP addresses associated with Mizuhara, federal prosecutors said in a statement.
    Antonio Planas, NBC News, 12 Apr. 2024
  • The transfers from the bank account were made from devices and IP addresses associated with Mizuhara, federal prosecutors said in a statement.
    Andrew Blankstein, NBC News, 11 Apr. 2024
  • In a major privacy change, Telegram is opening the door to sharing user data, including IP addresses and phone numbers, with law enforcement.
    Michael Kan, PCMAG, 23 Sep. 2024
  • An IP address from the presidential palace was used to print the cards, which asserted that Bolsonaro, who spent years inveighing against the coronavirus vaccine and swore off ever receiving one, had been vaccinated against covid-19.
    Marina Dias, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2024
  • According to the filing, Jared Ferguson’s account was emptied mere hours after being accessed by a new device and from an IP address that had never been associated with his account.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Crypto, 9 Mar. 2023
  • By operating under the guise of the victims' IP addresses, cybercriminals could carry out their schemes and avoid detection by law enforcement.
    Robert Legare, CBS News, 29 May 2024

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