GoKawiilIP addresses can expose location and devices, but rarely full control
An IP lookup can reveal a user's internet provider and approximate city, and in one notable case, MaxMind's geolocation database incorrectly mapped roughly 650 million IP addresses to a Kansas family's farm, triggering repeated law enforcement visits. Attackers can also use IP information to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that flood a target with traffic, similar to the incident Bluesky attributed to its server outages, or to probe for exposed devices like unsecured cameras or poorly configured remote-access software.