That's really neat! But sloww. But not so much of a problem for its intended use.
I use a VPN when I am in China. Just a single layered onion I guess. Thanks, Michael On Aug 25, 2011, at 1:31 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > Michael D Mays wrote: > >> Is there any way for someone to see any personal information about my >> machine over the internet via a web browser? > > The user-agent string can be used in some circumstances for limited user > tracking: > > Browser Versions Carry 10.5 Bits of Identifying Information on Average > <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/01/tracking-by-user-agent> > > You can see your user-agent at this site: > <http://whatsmyuseragent.com/> > > There are other methods of tracking your movement from site to site, but as > with user-agent strings they're very limited to all but court-ordered ISPs. > > One can use Tor (there's a Firefox plugin available) to mask your IP, and > there are also plugins for modifying your user-agent as well. > > Ironically, it's been said that making any obvious change to your security > setup may make your movements more interesting to systems like Carnivore and > Echelon than just leaving things with their defaults. > > For myself, as interesting as Tor is it's way overkill for my own needs. > > I run with NoScript and a cookie blocker on, selectively activating scripts > and cookies as needed. Even that's at the edge of what my patience can > endure, but at least I get to decide when I'm being cookie-tracked. > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World > LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com > Webzine for LiveCode developers: http://www.LiveCodeJournal.com > LiveCode Journal blog: http://LiveCodejournal.com/blog.irv _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
