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Don't know if it really makes a difference or not,
But there are a number of IP Address swinging in the breeze out there,
Isn't this a direct line to your computer?
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IP addresses usually belong to big computer or telecommunications companies.
If a person has one's IP address all he/she can find out usually is the name of the person's internet service provider, Comcast, ATT, etc.
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If the IP is static it will always lead to that person's network and hopefully firewall. If they have a non-static IP they can change when the internet connection modem is rebooted. Either way yes, it is a road to the network. Hopefully they have protection.
Most people are using DHCP which is a private address that is (simplistically speaking) NAT-ed to a small range of static IP addresses owned by the provider. You’ll still be uniquely identified, of course, but there’s a lot of trickery to make it happen.
However, if/when the world moves to all IPv6 then it probably would be a globally unique identifier.