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Are websites like yahoo legally allowed to display your IP address to anyone? yahoo?
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And is your IP adress displayed on any program? like AIM, youtube, yahoo mail? Etc...

Artman

Your IP is not private nor secret, any one can see it no matter what Yahoo does or not.

hmitchel

Unless there is an agreement to the contrary, there are no laws prohibiting them from displaying your address. There is no privacy on the internet.

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