Mobile i.p info

Nowso

How much info would someone be able to gain from your Mobile i.p address?

Tom Dunne

Nowso wrote: »

How much info would someone be able to gain from your Mobile i.p address?

As much as they would with a non-mobile ip address.

IH77

I suppose possibly nothing about you personally if you are a pre-paid user and you haven't registered your details with the network?

Tom Dunne

Its got nothing to do with pre- or post-paid.

You can find out general info, like who is your ISP, what country you are in, etc.

Nothing personal.

Davy

I think your phone serial number can be read from the phone

Tom Dunne

Davy wrote: »

I think your phone serial number can be read from the phone

Careful now, don't want to be scaring people.

IP addressing was designed long before mobile phones were invented. There is no direct association between a device type and an IP address.

Some kind of software, can probably read the serial number (do you mean IMEI number?), but that doesn't really have anything to do with the IP address.

Davy

i understand that, and i wasnt trying to scare anyone

Was just stating it can be read, it might only be have certain phones though. And ye the imei can be read also. Its no big deal really

Tom Dunne

Davy wrote: »

i understand that, and i wasnt trying to scare anyone

Was just stating it can be read, it might only be have certain phones though. And ye the imei can be read also. Its no big deal really

But, just to be clear, reading the IMEI has nothing to do with an IP address. You can't get the IMEI from the IP address.

estreetb

does this mean that by registering your phone anyone can find personal info about you from your IP

what info exactly can people find?

is it possible to register the handset(imei) without registering the number


i recently purchased the nokia 5800 from vodafone but havent registered yet as i might switch networks due to poor data plan and then register with new network

if i stay with voda and register to use the 360 service does that mean that people could access my contacts etc by simply knowing my IP

this seems to defeat the purpose of registering

helimachoptor

Tom Dunne wrote: »

But, just to be clear, reading the IMEI has nothing to do with an IP address. You can't get the IMEI from the IP address.

What Tom says, to do otherwise you'd need to hack into the operators network and track down what IMEI is maintaining an packet connection with xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx IP address.

testicle

estreetb wrote: »

does this mean that by registering your phone anyone can find personal info about you from your IP

what info exactly can people find?

is it possible to register the handset(imei) without registering the number


i recently purchased the nokia 5800 from vodafone but havent registered yet as i might switch networks due to poor data plan and then register with new network

if i stay with voda and register to use the 360 service does that mean that people could access my contacts etc by simply knowing my IP

this seems to defeat the purpose of registering

Yes. :rolleyes:

What have you got to hide?

helimachoptor

estreetb wrote: »

does this mean that by registering your phone anyone can find personal info about you from your IP

what info exactly can people find?

is it possible to register the handset(imei) without registering the number


i recently purchased the nokia 5800 from vodafone but havent registered yet as i might switch networks due to poor data plan and then register with new network

if i stay with voda and register to use the 360 service does that mean that people could access my contacts etc by simply knowing my IP

this seems to defeat the purpose of registering

No
The IMEI gets recognised by the network whenever you do something with your mobile, SMS, MMS, Call, data connection.

People cannot get your personal data by tracking your IP address to your mobile and getting your IMEI and then hacking the DB of the netowkr operator to get your details :rolleyes:

Conspiracy theories

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estreetb

helimachoptor wrote: »

What Tom says, to do otherwise you'd need to hack into the operators network and track down what IMEI is maintaining an packet connection with xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx IP address.

plain english please:).

im not techie in any way

if someone did manage to get your imei or was aware of your imei what information can be gleaned from it

helimachoptor

estreetb wrote: »

plain english please:).

im not techie in any way

if someone did manage to get your imei or was aware of your imei what information can be gleaned from it

Firstly, in order for them to get your IMEI they will need to hack into the computer systems of the network you are on.

They will need to then find out your IP address and search for a data connection which has the same IP address. They will need to search for the IMEI that established that connection.

If somehow they manager to do that, they will need to hack the customer database which all of the registration information etc.

Relax, wont be happening unless they people after you belong to either the CIA, NSA,FBI, Mossad, MI5, MI6, KGB etc... dont be worrying!

estreetb

thanks but

assuming someone had your imei what info can be gathered

helimachoptor

estreetb wrote: »

thanks but

assuming someone had your imei what info can be gathered

Absolutely nothing

Idleater

helimachoptor wrote: »

Absolutely nothing

Well, I wouldn't say absolutely no information - no personal information perhaps.

Maybe the (new) op doesn't want the Haxors to find out they have some obscure phone brand.

helimachoptor

nereid wrote: »

Well, I wouldn't say absolutely no information - no personal information perhaps.

Maybe the (new) op doesn't want the Haxors to find out they have some obscure phone brand.

But unless they have some some way of checking the IMEI in a database they wont even find out what type of phone he has!

Idleater

helimachoptor wrote: »

But unless they have some some way of checking the IMEI in a database they wont even find out what type of phone he has!

estreetb wrote: »

thanks but

assuming someone had your imei what info can be gathered

Agreed totally, I was merely pointing the (new) OP to the amount of information that could be gleaned if the imei (alone) was known to them (assuming they click the link).

I apologise for using your point to illustrate this to the (new) OP, it was entirely to to allay the fears that they may have thought they had.