[Seeing IP addresses?]

Thank you Fritigern and Alwin. It's much more clearer now. 

[Seeing IP addresses?]

I hear claims that people could bypass this with third party plugins.  Is this true or was I being punked? If it's true, this would not go well for those who want to keep their all their RL information out of SL, including geographical locations.

[Seeing IP addresses?]

Is there a way to see the IP addresses of posters here?