This is not a linux only question, but I have been trying to get on top
of security problems.

There was a commercial "alert" at a website I was visiting. It said that
my PC was broadcasting my internet address. It took me to a site selling
a windows product called Internet Alert.

I thought that my address was always visible to websites that I visited
- how else can it send back information?

Is this just one of the scare tactics that seem to be prevalent?
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