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To: Mojave

OK that’s just scary. How’d you do that?


24 posted on 03/06/2009 6:46:33 PM PST by VRWCer (Sarah Palin - the embodiment of the spirit and true grit upon which this great country was founded.)
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To: VRWCer; 6SJ7; autumnraine; Mojave
> OK that’s just scary. How’d you do that?

See posts #18 and #19.

Creepiest of all is it can tell, from your public IP address, where you are located geographically, to within a couple of miles, maybe less.

There's no magic involved. EVERY WEBSITE YOU VISIT can do exactly the same thing. The information is provided automatically by your browser and ISP -- it's a standard part of the web browsing process.

You can use an "anonymizer" proxy server to avoid that, but there are downsides to that as well.

26 posted on 03/06/2009 7:43:20 PM PST by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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