What is my IP address?
This is what every website you visit can see about you right now:
Detecting your IP address…
Every website you open sees this. Your approximate location and your internet provider are exposed to sites, advertisers and anyone watching the network. With nuVPN they see a different address — and you stay private.
What does your IP address reveal about you?
Your approximate location
Country, region and usually your city. Sites use it to localize prices, restrict content and profile you.
Your internet provider
Anyone can see which ISP you use — and your ISP can link the address directly to your name.
An anchor for tracking
Advertisers combine your IP with cookies and fingerprinting to follow you across websites and build a profile.
What is an IP address?
An IP address (Internet Protocol) is the numeric label your internet provider assigns to your connection — something like 203.0.113.42. It works like your device's digital home address: it tells websites where to send back the pages, videos and messages you request.
Websites have IP addresses too. When you type a site's name, your browser first looks up its IP address behind the scenes and connects to it. That's why every site you visit necessarily sees your address — unless you put a server in between, like a nuVPN server.
IPv4 vs IPv6
IPv4
The classic format — four numbers separated by dots (e.g. 203.0.113.42). Most of the internet still runs on it, even though free IPv4 addresses have essentially run out.
IPv6
The newer, longer format (e.g. 2001:db8::8a2e:370:7334), designed to provide a practically unlimited pool of addresses. It's rolling out gradually worldwide.
How can you hide your IP address?
VPN — the simple, complete way
A VPN routes your traffic through another server inside an encrypted tunnel, so websites see that server's address — not yours. With nuVPN you don't share that server with strangers: you get a private server with a dedicated IP of your own.
Proxy
Hides your address for a single app or browser tab, but usually without encryption — your provider still sees everything you do.
Tor
Free and very private, but noticeably slow, and many websites block Tor connections entirely.
How private are you with nuVPN?
With nuVPN you don't rent a crowded lane on a stranger's server — you get your own. Here's what actually protects you:
- A private server with a dedicated fixed IP — on dedicated plans it belongs to you alone, never shared with strangers.
- All your traffic travels through an encrypted tunnel — unreadable to snoopers on public Wi-Fi and to your internet provider.
- nuShield blocks known phishing and malware domains, ads and trackers — included free in every plan.
- Websites see your nuVPN server's address, and your real IP stays hidden.
Take back your privacy
Your own private server with a dedicated IP is ready in minutes — and works on every device with the nuVPN app.