On 2008-02-21, q <Q@q.com> wrote:
> Hello - I have visited a few sites that somehow have information about what
> city I live in. I have cleared autocomplete and history and cookies and
> offline files, and when I go back they still greet me with the city I live
> in. How do they get that info? How do I stop it?
> Running IE 6
> Thanx
>
It's often possible to deduce what city you're in by your IP address,
particularly if you're using a ordinary ISP that's local to you.
Unless you want to dial in to an access point in some other city,
or go through a proxy in some other city, there's not much you can do.

--
Christopher Mattern

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