[QUOTE=Zombo;4227972]Text apps are fine, your only real potential exposure is to law enforcement unless you're stupid enough to use your real name in a directory.. The text apps can track your IP address and possibly location so using them on public WiFi is probably best practice, but a normal person can't track down your home / cellular IP history.
Of course they have to be able to get that history from the app provider before they can ask the ISP who you are, assuming they log it (they probably do) and still have it when they ask (they maybe do).[/QUOTE]You can look up an IP address but the question is what someone will see. When you visit the IP Lookup page and paste an address into the empty box, here's what you'll find out:
The first time you see the IP details—especially your city, ZIP code and the area code of where you live—it can be a bit a surprising. The IP details aren't always close. They can be hundreds of miles off, and if the person is using a VPN and a different IP address, the information can be highly inaccurate.
But it's important to see what you don't get in the IP details, and never will. You don't see any real information about the person who is using that assigned IP address, including a street name and address. You will get the name of the Internet Service Provider that serves the domain name.
