On April 05, 2003 at 15:27, edc wrote: > nonetheless Google does it somehow............... Not perfectly, I can use a proxy in the Netherlands and it doesn't know I'm in Canada. According to this fellow following the subject at Googlewatch it's something like this:
U.S. intelligence agencies have recently shown a great deal of interest in Internet surveillance. One important aspect of this is determining geolocation from IP number. Currently this is about 80 percent effective in fixing the IP number to a major city, and over 90 percent in fixing it to a country. http://snurl.com/13kn > Michael Ensor > www.WellingtonLive.co.nz > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Shashank Tripathi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2003 2:48 PM > Subject: [wdvltalk] Re: Delhi's IP address > > > : > : | pinpoint a source by country based on IP number is > : | sketchy at best and will never be totally reliable. > : > : > : I second this. If you feel you could identify your users' geo > locations by : IP, you'd be catching me from Hungary and Cyprus on a > daily basis. Despite : using a block that is registered to a Japanese > firm. : : Shanx : : : : ____ . The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM > . ____ : To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : Send Your Posts To: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] : To change subscription settings to the > wdvltalk digest version: : > http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub : : ________________ > http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ : : You are currently > subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : To unsubscribe send a > blank email to %%email.unsub%% : : > > > ____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____ > To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: > http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub > > ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ > > You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > %%email.unsub%% > Regards, Mark Groen MG Web Services Web Site Hosting and Development www.markgroen.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] 604-780-6917 ____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
