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IP address tracking plays a vital role in law enforcement, such as the track down and prosecution of hackers, child molesters, stalkers, and even potential terrorists. [[internet service provider]]s also play a role in assisting law enforcement, although the downloading of copyrighted songs, movies, games, and programs is still not widely considered illegal by the general public or by law enforcement agencies as long as it is only for personal use.  

IP address tracking plays a vital role in law enforcement, such as the track down and prosecution of hackers, child molesters, stalkers, and even potential terrorists. [[internet service provider]]s also play a role in assisting law enforcement, although the downloading of copyrighted songs, movies, games, and programs is still not widely considered illegal by the general public or by law enforcement agencies as long as it is only for personal use.  

IP address tracking tools have been used by stalkers and cyber criminals to pinpoint the physical location of their victims house based upon, for example, a [[Wikipedia]] article "edit history" page that reveals the IP address of an editor who did not log in with a registered username. Although in some instances, many IP addresses trace back to one location that contains a [[network hub]] owned by an internet service provider. This exact same technique can be used by the webmasters of major websites such as [[YouTube]] and [[Facebook]] to help law enforcement track down a suspected child molester or a [[troll]] who was reported for making threats.

IP address tracking tools have been used by stalkers and cyber criminals to pinpoint the physical location of their victims house based upon, for example, a [[Wikipedia®]] article "edit history" page that reveals the IP address of an editor who did not log in with a registered username. Although in some instances, many IP addresses trace back to one location that contains a [[network hub]] owned by an internet service provider. This exact same technique can be used by the webmasters of major websites such as [[YouTube]] and [[Facebook]] to help law enforcement track down a suspected child molester or a [[troll]] who was reported for making threats.

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