Lets say I have an ip blocker installed on my computer, can it stop police or investigators, or spies?

Question

Basically with an ip blocker, could it stop police, investigators, spies etc......... from finding me through my computer, lets say someone commits a major crime through their computer, and if they have a good ip blocker could it stop it from tracked down by cops? always wondered, thanks

Answer 1

ye possibly...but then the police may be able to trace through ur isp etc...not sure

Answer 2

Any computer that is physically on the internet wheather it is through proxy etc can be traced by some means. The nature of TCP/IP is designed in such a way that you can't send a message without some origin and destination. Every packet is encoded with this. So if you wanted to you could trace every single packet of data back to it's source. However, if you were sophisticated enought you could use encyrption on the packet origin or random IP address generator on the origin part. But in most situations law enforcement is more/less not really sophisticated enought to nap everybody. If that was the case everybody that downloaded on Bit Torrent would of been arrested long time ago.

Answer 3

With enough detective work and support from the ISPs, you could figure out where any packet came from, even with the best IP blocker or proxies or whatever. More often the question is whether an ISP will give this information to the authorities or respect a client's right to privacy. This depends on the severity of the charge, the country in question, etc, ect.

Answer 4

There is no way your IP blocker can save you from getting traced just read through the explanatios below, hope this Helps :)

Once an IP address is captured several methods can be used to trace the user. These tools can be found at http://consumer.net/tracert.asp.

Determine who owns the network. IP addresses are distributed in blocks to network providers or private companies. By searching IP registration databases it is possible to determine who owns an IP address block. Databases are available on the Internet for the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific regions. Sophisticated computer break-ins sometimes include an attempt to erase the IP addresses captured by the log files to prevent this type of lookup.

Perform a "reverse lookup." This converts the IP address into a computer name [Example: convert 206.156.18.122 into www.consumer.net]. This is used to determine if a computer is part of a registered Internet domain.
Conduct a Traceroute. When information packets travel through the Internet they pass through several computers in a hierarchical fashion. Normally packets pass from the user to their Internet Service Provider (ISP) until it reaches the user's "backbone" provider. It then transfers to the destination "backbone " provider down to the ISP of the destination computer and finally to the intended recipient. It is often possible to determine an approximate physical location of an IP address in this fashion. It is also possible to determine the computer's ISP and/or network provider even if the computer itself is not part of a domain. This is usually how junk e-mail or "spam" is traced.
Review domain registration information via the "WHOIS" databases. Domain registration information is available via the Internet by performing a WHOIS on the domain name portion of the computer name [Example: for www.consumer.net perform WHOIS CONSUMER.NET to obtain the registration information].
Search the Internet for the IP address and/or computer name. It is often possible to find matches from users making public postings on discussion boards or from web sites that leave their log files open to the Internet. Of course, web site owners and/or banner networks could have additional non-public information based on activities at their web sites.

Answer 5

it's a big NO. Investigating agencies can find u. Such high-end ip blockers are not available for general public. They are in existence, but i am not sure if you can get ur hands on one.

Answer 6

ip blocker is will hide your ip if the law want too find you they can

Answer 7

Nothing can stop someone if they want to get through your computer's defenses badly enough...especially if one has a search warrant.

Answer 8

Most have patches that can be cracked before it even hits the shelves, same way with virus programs

Answer 9

it is safer but if they really wanted to see who you were they can find out. So you are never 100% safe.

Answer 10

who r u? osama or someone?!!