How does my browser know where I live ?

Gloomendoom

LinW13 wrote: »

Sorry Gloom. Does not work for me. Says I'm 481 miles away, which is the location of some BT site. Do you by any chance reside close to your ISP?

Moan to the company that sells the database of IPs.

It's obviously crap.

EssexExile

I seem to be next door or in Guatamala, depending who you ask. Whichever it is the wife's not going to be pleased.

DoaM

Gloomendoom wrote: »

I was responding to the OP, not you.

And I was pointing out that your assertion was flawed.

martinthebandit

agrinnall wrote: »

Have a look around and see if you can spot martinthebandit, apparently he's there as well!

Yoohooo 'waves'

Oh and if your using chrome

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/02/05/chrome_56_quietly_added_bluetooth_snitch_api/

Zola.

Because Illuminati

Gloomendoom

DoaM wrote: »

And I was pointing out that your assertion was flawed.

In what way was it flawed?

EdwardB

LinW13 wrote: »

Hi All,
If I go into Internet Explorer OR Google Chrome and type "Where Am I", a map comes up showing the name of my home town.

I could understand if it came up with the location of my ISP, which is NOT in my home town.

So, how does it know? Where is it held?

I use ccleaner daily, so please don't tell me to clear my caches.

I've got Windows 7 64-bit, IE 11 and my default home page is DuckDuck.

Anybody know anything about this?

Regards,
Lin

In simple terms, you probably told it.

If you (or anyone who visits your home) use a phone with wifi and use locations services or Google owned Waze (it even spies in your home).

Even if you do not have wifi and the person is using mobile, wifi services of people around you are picked up by the phone.

There are a plethora of ways that data is shared, it is supposed to be anonymous but it gets collated by agencies and they find ways to stick it to you or your machine.

They use flash config files as a place to store cookie id's so when you delete them they connect you right back.

If you use Google Maps it starts to look

If you use Facebook you give the info up, even if you do not the people you connect with are in an area.

I use 5 different browsers and always try to stay ahead but they know what they know or think they know.

Today I was told that LogMeIn has been sold to Citrix and now they have decided to make a unilateral change in terms in my Lastpass contract. So I have to go check the privacy as Citrix own GotoMeeting and are particularly bad at allowing clients to steal data, I have reported them a dozen times.

When Facebook bought Whatsapp they reconciled the phone numbers of millions of people without their permission, they put up a "I agree" option with no opt out. The ICO is supposed to be investigating.

The younger you are the more you do not care, you gladly trade your info in return for free use of a product or service.

EdwardB

martinthebandit wrote: »

Yoohooo 'waves'

Oh and if your using chrome

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/02/05/chrome_56_quietly_added_bluetooth_snitch_api/

Yep they started with a toolbar but realised a Browser was better.

Microsoft have gone one better, they built their advertising and affiliate platform into their own product, it is called Windows 10!

tweeter

The website "Where Am I Right Now" says:
Sorry, we are Unable to retrieve your location yet.
If you use smartphone, please Turn on your GPS and or wait 1-2 minutes.

All I did was remove all the cookies a little while earlier.

DoaM

Gloomendoom wrote: »

In what way was it flawed?

In the way that your post (below) does NOT do what you state - it may give an approximate location but it's just as likely to give a nonsensical location - as I and others have already proven.

Gloomendoom wrote: »

You IP address gives you away. It has nothing to do with WiFi or Google cars.

http://www.ip2location.com/

I'm astounded you even needed this explained.