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IP address retrieved from web form submit

 
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Some web survey form asks user to give their input like their options and phone/email, and claims that's annoymous survey form. wondering -- after you fill out that form and click "submit" button, is there a way for their server to find out from which IP address this form is submitted ?
 
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Yes, your IP address is always known (unless you use an anonymizing proxy somewhere, in which case the IP is not yours, but that's the extremely rare exception). Depending on where you connect from, that may not be as bad as it sounds, though. The IP address could signify your company (if you do this from work), or it could signify, e.g., AOL (if you dial in from home), or it could actually point to you personally if you have a broadband connection with a static IP address (but your name is still unknown). But generally, there's no way to connect the IP to you as a person.
 
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