On Feb 21, 2:09 pm, comph...@toddh.net (Todd H.) wrote:
> "q" <Q...@q.com> writes:
> > 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
>
> They're most likely divining this info from your computer/ISP's IP
> address.
>
> If you proxy your web traffic through another server, then the web
> site will think you're coming from there.
>
> Tor is a program that pseudo anonymizes your apparent web whereabouts
> by the use of onion routing. You can google the program and term for
> more information, but basically, it makes you apparent IP address
> appear to come from a number of different places.
>
> I agree with Sebastian though, IE6 is likely the bigger issue here.
> You should reconsider that choice if you are concerned with security.
> ActiveX is just way too pourous. Firefox and Opera are decent
> alternatives.
>
> Best Regards,
> --
> Todd H.http://www.toddh.net/

Firefox has my vote! You should test it out, q...