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Re:Don't Use VPN Services by peteretep on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @10:16PM (#21330424)
The other explanation is that your ISP doesn't give you a static IP, and customers of your ISP have had this IP.
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Re:Don't Use VPN Services by sincerely on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @10:52PM (#21330617)
I just turned the router off and on again and the IP is the same :$
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Re:Don't Use VPN Services by cgriswald on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @12:22AM (#21331009)
My ISP assigns me the same IP address for months at a time before changing it seemingly at random. Without knowing how long you’ve had that IP address and how long the linked site keeps data for, it’s not really meaningful information.
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Re:Don't Use VPN Services by zanny on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @11:40PM (#21330843)
Your IP is assigned on rotation by your upstream ISP, your router doesn't get to pick when the address changes unless you contact them and ask to have it changed.
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