We often need to enable location services while using devices like smartphones or using the internet. Essential tasks (like ordering food from online apps, using Google Maps or Google Pay, etc.) do not work properly if location or GPS (GPS) is not turned on. In that case most of the time keeping device location on/off many people wonder if someone is tracking their location or even if it is possible! Given the answer to this question, tracking someone's location through their phone number is not an easy task; For this, the help of telecom companies is essential. However, where many people now roam the net world, one can track their location with the help of their IP address. Police or intelligence agencies trace the criminal in this manner. Even for this many times people are victims of hacking.
What is an IP address?
Before we talk about how location tracking is possible with the help of IP address, let us know what this object actually is. For those who don't know, an IP or Internet Protocol address is a unique address that carries the identity of a device connected to the Internet. Simply put, an IP address is actually the address of a device. It is a set of four numbers by which a device can be identified.
How to know your IP address?
You can easily find the IP address of your device. For example, if you want to know the IP address of your laptop or PC, then for this you need to go to Start menu and then Start > Settings > Network & Internet > Wi-Fi option. must be clicked. In the next step you have to select the Wi-Fi network you are connected to. Here you can see the IP address next to the IPv4 address from the 'Properties' option.
Thus location can be tracked through IP address
Similarly you can find the location of any IP address with IP lookup. For this you need to go to the website and enter the IP address you want to know about in the search bar.
To know someone's location, you first need to know their IP address. It allows you to track location through various online methods. One such way is to use WolframAlpha's website. In this case, first you need to go to the website . Then click on the search bar from the top of the page. Here you need to type the specific IP address along with a set of four numbers and click on 'Enter'. In this, you will get information about IP address location or website.
