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What's the best tool for discovering what your IP is when you are using TOR? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've been using some available on the Internet but recently they all look the same and they all ask for CAPTYA which is an obvious attempt to obtain ones true IP.

I'm new to privacy and hoping to learn more.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

https://ifconfig.me/. Can also be be curl'd.

Easier to remember is to just search for what is my ip in clear net DuckDuckGo (or Kagi if you have it).

they all ask for CAPTYA which is an obvious attempt to obtain ones true IP.

How exactly is a CAPTCHA supposed to discover your "true IP"?

Also note that your IP address is by far not the only thing used to fingerprint you. See https://abrahamjuliot.github.io/creepjs/ and https://browserleaks.com/.

Use TOR browser if you want your starting conditions to be reasonably anonymous.

Even more critical for fingerprinting is user behaviour though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Logging in to Kagi is a great way to deanonymize yourself on Tor.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

That's not what I discussed in this comment. On TOR browser, you don't need some other service to tell you your public IP address as you can see the address of the exit node in your browser.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Perhaps I was misinformed about CAPTYA gathering the true IP?