Knowing your IP address can help protect your home network and data from prying eyes. Here's how to find it. Trey Paul was a CNET senior editor covering broadband. His 20+ years of experience as a ...

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An IP address – short for Internet Protocol address – is a unique string of numbers that identifies your device on the Internet. Assigned by your Internet Service Provider (ISP), it acts like a ...