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# Accounts & Achievements

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**Available on IPCheck.ing only** — this feature is not included in self-hosted deployments.
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Every tool on MyIP works without an account. Signing in is optional, and it exists for two reasons: to raise a few limits that stop the free service from being abused, and to keep track of your achievement badges.

## Signing in

Click **Sign In** in the top-right corner. You can use **Sign In with Google** or **Sign In with GitHub** — there is no password to create.

Your account menu shows when it was created, your last login, your user level, and how many times you have used advanced features.

## What an account unlocks

The app lists these benefits in the **User Benefits** panel:

* When you use IPCheck.ing as the IP data source, all fields are shown in full — including the proxy verdict, address type, and IP quality score.
* You can use the **Invisibility Test**.
* You can use the **in-depth DNS Leak Test**.
* You can view your achievement badges.
* Some features have looser access limits.

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These limits exist to prevent abuse of a free service, not to sell you anything. IPCheck.ing is free and open source either way.
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## How achievements work

Achievements are small badges that unlock while you use the site. You do not go looking for them — you trigger them by running tests, changing settings, or finding something interesting.

Two rules:

1. **You must be signed in.** Achievements are stored with your account, so nothing unlocks while you are signed out.
2. **You must actually do the thing.** Every badge is tied to a real result from a real test.

When one unlocks, a small congratulations message appears. Open **My Achievements** from your account menu to see everything you have collected and everything still waiting.

## Some examples

Here are a few of the badges, to give you the idea. The full list — including the ones you have not earned — lives in the app.

| Badge                 | How to earn it                                             |
| --------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
| **I Am Human**        | Use IPCheck.ing after logging in.                          |
| **Barely Enough**     | Download speed above 100 Mb/s in the Speed Test.           |
| **Torrent Flow**      | Download speed above 1000 Mb/s.                            |
| **Swift Ascent**      | Upload speed above 1000 Mb/s.                              |
| **Just In Case**      | Complete an Invisibility Test.                             |
| **Hidden Well**       | Score 0 for both proxy and VPN in the Invisibility Test.   |
| **Slip Up**           | Score above 50% for proxy or VPN in the Invisibility Test. |
| **Fully Secured**     | Complete every item in the Security Checklist.             |
| **It Is Open**        | Find a blocked website in the Censorship Check.            |
| **Crossing The Wall** | Get 8 different IPs in the Rule Test.                      |
| **Clever Trickery**   | View the full keyboard shortcut list.                      |
| **Energy Saver**      | Set the app not to run tests automatically.                |

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**Clever Trickery** is the easiest one to miss. Press <kbd>?</kbd> while signed in.
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The app also notes that there may occasionally be time-limited achievements, so the list is not fixed forever.

## Privacy

Signing in shares your email address with the site so your account can be identified, plus a count of how many advanced features you have used, which is what the achievement rules are calculated from. Sign-in is handled by Google Firebase Authentication.

Your test results are not attached to your account. Read the full [privacy policy](https://ipcheck.ing/privacy) for details.

## Self-hosted deployments

Accounts, achievements, the Invisibility Test, and the in-depth DNS Leak Test are specific to the official site at [ipcheck.ing](https://ipcheck.ing). A self-hosted copy of MyIP has no sign-in button — every other tool still works.

See [About MyIP](/knowledge-base/faq/about.md) if you want to run your own copy.

## Related pages

* [Touring the Dashboard](/knowledge-base/getting-started/touring-the-dashboard.md)
* [Invisibility Test](/knowledge-base/connection-tools/invisibility-test.md)
* [Security Checklist](/knowledge-base/lookup-privacy/security-checklist.md)
* [Proxy Rule Test](/knowledge-base/network-tests/proxy-rule-test.md)


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