Originally posted by xoggoth
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How would a website find your exact location?
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They've got porn on Mumsnet? Must have a look.bloggoth
If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
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Google "My IP Address" to see your internet facing IP address: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=my+ip+address
Then you could use a service like ip2location to check what geo location is associated with it e.g. Free Product Demo | IP2Location
There might be other ways advertisers could use if they aren't already - e.g. photos, social media posts etc. can all be tagged with geo locations picked up from your device' location tracking capability such as GPSComment
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Originally posted by yetanotherbob View PostGoogle "My IP Address" to see your internet facing IP address: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=my+ip+address
Then you could use a service like ip2location to check what geo location is associated with it e.g. Free Product Demo | IP2LocationWill work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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Originally posted by VectraMan View PostApparently I'm in Lewes. Only out by 130 miles or so.
Things might change with IPv6 when each flower-pot in your house might have its own geolocation tagged IP addressComment
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Originally posted by xoggoth View PostYou know those ads on online news pages like "XXX left stunned by this new laser eye surgery" where XXX is your approximate location that is easily obtained from the IP address?
One on The Independent today has XXX as my small village. Where did they get that from? I have not signed up for The Independent or any such ads and Bing Maps centres on the usual large town about ten miles away.
Odd. Any Ideas? Cheas.
Best way even if general surfing at home is to use incognito browsing at a bare minimum but as a default use a VPN, not necessarily paid, you can get browser addons and that, used to recommend Hola until the botnet revelation, so not them but many others outthere.
Started doing that myself after I got the fright of my life in work, singed into google chrome with personal address both on home laptop but also work one as have some favourite links that are useful for work that i use heaps. Thing is was at home one night and searching lingerie sites to by the missus a couple of bra and knicker sets, bought said items and happy. In work next day googled a techy issue with a couple of juniors around me and voila every site i went to birds in bras and knickers.Comment
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Originally posted by xoggoth View PostI assume you look at xnxx or similar. Same here, always just a mile or two away feeling horny. Not tried clicking, obviously phoney.Last edited by woohoo; 16 July 2017, 15:37.Comment
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But there is a small possibility that there are a load of horney women in your areabloggoth
If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
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