Just look at your logs. It is interesting how many times I see the screen resolution and depth in the parameters being passed to many sites. I certainly have not filled in any form with this information. Just try the following out:

<html>
<body>
<script>
alert("screen info" + screen.width + ", " + screen.height + ", " + screen.colorDepth);
</script>
</body>
</html>


It is not too much more effort to submit this information to a website...

Christopher Jahn wrote:
CarlosRivera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:



I have heard that web sites are using screen size (width, height) and depth to help track one. For example, they could make a fairly reasonable guess that somebody with screen information of 640x480x256
or 1920x1280x32 is in a certain income category. They can also store
this information and your IP subnet and track one. I consider that my
screen size and depth should be private. Is there a way to set these
sorts of properties for javascript to my choosing?




Where did you hear this?  This is a new one to me.

Javascript isn't used to determine screen size, and AFAIK the web page and its server simply dish up HTML - your browser determines how to fit it to your screen.

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