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Hey, what can someone actually do with my IP address?

Kinda freaked out after some rando in a game chat threatened to "hack me" using my IP. Like, how much should I worry?

I know they can *roughly* see my location (not my exact house, but close enough). And maybe DDOS me if they’re bored? But can they like... steal my data or something?

Also, how do I even protect myself? VPN? Restarting router? Pls help, I’m not techy lol.

(Also, if this is a dumb question, sorry—just saw a bunch of scary stuff online and now I’m paranoid 😅)