> One site keeps trying to offer me Windows toolbars, so they obviously > aren't geared to using the information effectively. > > On the other hadn www.cbc.ca can tell that I am not in Canada.
This is not related. Browser version is sent from the browser data in the GET request. IP location is inferred from source IP and looked up in a geolocation database (purchased by the site vendor). Changing your browser id string is trivial and purely client side. Changing your IP location is not. -m
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