Re: How does Gmail know my local time zone (therefore ignoring the time zone of the Tor exit node) and what else can it see?

On 05/09/10 21:11, Geoff Down wrote: On Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:55 +0100, Matthewpump...@cotse.net wrote: Hello, I have yet another question that relates to the effectiveness of Tor. Gmail (and therefore presumably other webmail operators) knows my computer's time zone. It does not know

Re: How does Gmail know my local time zone (therefore ignoring the time zone of the Tor exit node) and what else can it see?

Thus spake Matthew (pump...@cotse.net): On 05/09/10 21:11, Geoff Down wrote: Did you select a time zone when you set up the account? I assume you are using Torbutton, which blocks Javascript being used to read your local clock. GD AIUI, Gmail uses JavaScript to detect the time zone (but

Re: How does Gmail know my local time zone (therefore ignoring the time zone of the Tor exit node) and what else can it see?

If Gmail can get the time zone via JavaScript (when the client is using Tor) then why can it not get the real IP also via JavaScript (when the client is using Tor)? I don't think it can get the real IP since I have used various tests including http://www.decloak.net/ and Tor with JavaScript