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internal ip address
 

hey guys,
Can eBay detect your internal ip address ?? if yes, what the way to go around it ?

regards,

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They cannot, just your devices external IP

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Nope , they can't.

Is there something you're worried about?

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thank you for you answer guys.
what about the metadata of the pics of your first listing ??

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There are tools you can use to clean/wipe those metadata.
Im always using batchpurifier

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yeah thank you;
just want to know if ebay has an eye on that metadata thing so as not to just waste my time cleaning and stuff

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well, the app you recommended is paid. is there any free one that could do the same job ?

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It onnly takes 10 seconds to do so its well worth doing and yes if they want to look at the metadata they can do so best to just avoid the risk

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any free apps that you use to clean metadata

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Im sure if you have a search on google there will be done.

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Yes, the can. Click here to test yours.

But this wouldn't be a problem if you only run one account as they won't be able to link it to any other accounts.

If you run multiple accounts then they will be able to see your internal IP address such as 192.168.0.x across all your accounts.
Whether they do anything about it is another matter, but that wasn't your question anyway.


There're ways around it.

If you use VMs, you can bind each instance to a local IP address so VM 1 would be permanently assigned 192.168.0.2, while VM 2 will have 192.168.0.4, etc.

If you use windows\user, you want to go the software route to block eBay from sniffing your internal IP


You'd need to block something called 'WebRTC' within your browser.

1. Firefox: about:config "media.peerconnection.enabled"

1. Opera: opera:config -> Advanced -->scroll down. Block WebRTC by selecting "Disable non-proxied UDP"

Test it here before and after blocking: https://browserleaks.com/webrtc

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BatchPurifier is free of use.
http://www.digitalconfidence.com/batchpurifier.html
They have a demo version, which can only clean JPEG formats.

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ExifToolGUI

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yes they can, and they does do it !!
but its not very important if your other fingerprint is changed ,

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thanks for the reply first, I have checked the website you gave me and in Local IP Address section it shows me na, what does that mean ??
what i understood is that WebRTC is what give ebay the option to know your local ip address so i have to disable it.

Re: internal ip address
 

Hi
Internal IP address can be leaked through webRTC
you can read here:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=959893
and here about how to protect yourself against this leak:
https://restoreprivacy.com/webrtc-leaks/

Thanks

Naster