IP check: what the internet sees
Every site you open gets your address. These guides show what it tells them, and how to confirm a key has changed it.
Check first, then decide. Your public IP address travels with every request you make. It names your provider and places you in a rough area, and that is all. An IP check shows you the same view a website gets, which makes it the quickest VPN check there is: look once with the tunnel off, once with it on, and compare. If the provider and the city changed, the key is doing its job. If a leak test still lists your provider's DNS servers, part of your traffic is going around it. The guides below explain each check in plain language.
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Q&A about checks
Q.What does an IP check actually show?
A.Your public address, the provider that owns it, an approximate location and the type of connection. It never shows your name or your street.
Q.How do I do a VPN check?
A.Look up your IP with the VPN off, connect, and look again. The address and the provider should both change. Then run a DNS leak test.
Q.Is my exact location visible?
A.No. Lookup databases know where your provider registered a block of addresses. They are often a town or two off.
Q.Do these checks store anything about me?
A.A lookup page sees your address the same way every website does. Use a tool you trust and close the tab afterwards.
Q.Why do two lookup sites show different cities?
A.Each one uses its own database, and all of them are estimates. The country is nearly always right, the city less often.
Q.Does Valideo log my real IP?
A.No. Valideo never learns who you are: no profile, no email, no record of when or from where a key connected.
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