IP

He would scoop up millions of unused internet protocol, or IP, addresses, mostly from Africa, and lease them to companies, mostly outside Africa, that need them badly.

Many IP addresses flagged as infringers are universities, apartment buildings and even military barracks.

As far as the website you accessed is concerned, it can only see the VPN server’s IP address, so it cannot uniquely identify you.

The memo claimed that Alibaba hands customer data, including "IP addresses, WiFi information and payment records", to Chinese authorities and the People's Liberation Army, the report said.

The complication of pairing that IP with Netflix is that the company has long avoided the theatrical business in favor of giving priority to its streaming subscribers.