Unless you ask the freenode folks to cloak your account, anyone can see your IP address when you are on IRC....and from that, it's possible to determine your location.nooby wrote: What then do you know about what snayak
asks us about the IRC channel. I had same experience
as him and a guy told me that "I will kill you" and him
living just 30 minutes by car from me that scared the hell out of me.
And this where the Puppy channel on IRC. So I never used it again.
So, you can log into the #freenode channel and ask that you be given a cloak...once you have one, you IP addess does not show up.
If you are on IRC and someone threatens you, you can submit a complaint....the Freenode staff takes threats seriously and will help you.
If you take steps to understand how the technology works, you have a better chance of protecting yourself.