01 May 19
@humy saidJust having your email address?
Is it possible for either a computer hacker or some other kind of person to trace my geographical address/location from just having my email address?
Well, if they sent you an email, and you opened it, then yes, it's possible.
If you did this on your phone, then even more so.
01 May 19
@humy saidWhen you created the email address, did you fill in the address box truthfully? If you did, the answer is probably yes.
Is it possible for either a computer hacker or some other kind of person to trace my geographical address/location from just having my email address?
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01 May 19
@kewpie saidI think we need to differentiate between having his email address and having access to his email account.
When you created the email address, did you fill in the address box truthfully? If you did, the answer is probably yes.
@humy saidHackers have crashed some pretty big sites with high tech security, I don't think there is any limit to what they can do. Hell they have even got into peoples bank accounts through the bank security!!! NEVER put any information on your computer you don't want the public to find out.
Is it possible for either a computer hacker or some other kind of person to trace my geographical address/location from just having my email address?
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@humy saidIf it's a global email account like gmail, then no.
Is it possible for either a computer hacker or some other kind of person to trace my geographical address/location from just having my email address?
If the email has some type of information in it, it may be possible to extract some info; for example, an email address ending in .eu, or if it's a business email of a local company. Obviously, if there's a name in the email like bob.johnson.com, that can be used as well.
There are sites that use reverse email look ups, so apps do exist that can trace the ip of an email. Of course, there is such as thing as computer forensics that use technology able track email users. But to what extent they're able to pin down someone's location, I'm not sure.
02 May 19
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@vivify saidThat last quote of yours made me just occur to me that, for obvious national security reasons, governments and police authorities would want to keep secret their ability (or inability), and perhaps also the other people's potential ability (or inability) such as terrorists etc, to trace a person's geographical location from their e-mail address. If that is the case then I guess I will likely NEVER be able to find out the answer to my OP question.
there is such as thing as computer forensics that use technology able track email users. But to what extent they're able to pin down someone's location, I'm not sure.