Since April this year, major public social platforms such as WeChat, Weibo, Douyin, etc., have begun to force the display of personal IP territories. Basically, as long as you speak on the Internet, your personal IP territories will be displayed.
All of a sudden, many overseas and local accounts were exposed, and their territories were not related to their claimed addresses. There were even many local information accounts that belonged to a unified IP, and were found to be operated and managed by the same company, and some celebrity accounts were exposed on their behalf. .
In addition to applauding the exposure of these “fake accounts”, netizens were also worried that these IP territories would reveal their personal information.
To this, @China Economic Net According to the latest report,IP territorial does not equal IP address. The public IP territorial information is only displayed as a province (autonomous region, municipality directly under the Central Government) or country (region), and it is difficult to directly identify or associate with a specific natural person through this information.
It is understood that the major online platforms launched this measure for compliance reasons and to make it easier for the public to identify false information.
The person in charge of Weibo said that this function will effectively reduce bad behaviors such as impersonating the parties to hot events, malicious rumors, and rubbing traffic, and ensure the authenticity and transparency of the content.The site only displays the corresponding IP location, and does not obtain other information.
IP territorial function will not obtain detailed positioning
Zuo Xiaodong, a professor at the School of Public Affairs at the University of Science and Technology of China, also explained,The location displayed by the IP location is actually not the same as the location information we call when we use our mobile phones every day. The principles of the two are different.
The former is the IP address assigned when accessing the Internet. The Internet communication protocol determines that the recipient of the information must know the IP address, and therefore can know the territory through the IP address. This process does not require user authorization and open the sensitive permissions of the mobile phone.
The latter relies on GPS positioning or base station positioning, which is a sensitive permission. Obtaining this permission requires explicit authorization from the user.
Therefore, you can surf the Internet with confidence, without worrying that your IP territorial will reveal your personal information.
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