Re: How do they know my city?

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Cooter wrote:
A couple of times lately two different web sites have displayed ads
saying such-and-such was available in the town I live in. With both a
hardware and a software firewall on my system, how can a remote site
determine my location? And if they can find that out, what else are
they finding out?

Most likely from your IP address.

And despite all the fear mongering rubbish you may have read on the
internet, it isn't really possible to 'hide' your IP address, nor should you
attempt to do so, if you like actually being connected to the internet.
--
Robert Moir

www.robertmoir.com


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