Even if you use an anonymizer or a public vpn tunnel (different names for the same thing) you will just have their ip address and you'll get location specific info for their area.
I live in Venezuela and my google searches keep going to google.co.ve (which prioritizes sites in Spanish which I can read buy usually are not the results I'm looking for) and I keep steering it back to google.com. But when I clear my browser and go back to google I'm back at google.co.ve again. These companies think they're being helpful and for most people it probably is. Greg On May 8, 2009, at 12:59 AM, Butch Evans wrote: > On Thu, 2009-05-07 at 21:09 -0700, Marlon K. Schafer wrote: >> OK, this seems simple enough. Type in www.aaa.com and go to the >> triple A >> site right? > > So far so good. > >> Nope, it somehow knows that I'm in zip code 99159 and sends me, >> automatically to www.aaawa.com! > > It knows you have IP address 64.146.146.x (or whatever). By using IP > geolocation, it is easily determined that you are in Washington. > > >> How in the world is a web site finding this info in my machine? >> Where the >> heck is it stored? How do I make it stop? > > Make it stop by using an anonymizer (proxy service). > >> I am SOOOOOO tired of being controlled! I don't even have the >> freedom to >> select the web site that I choose to go to. I mean really? > > These things are intended to be a service. I mean, if AAA has > different > services in some parts of the country, then you'd be more likely to be > wanting to view Washington services. At least that's their plan/ > intent. > >> Please do NOT tell me to use firefox or some other browser. Most >> of my >> customers use IE and I have to know how to help protect them. > > Use Firefox, but it won't help. :-) > > -- > ******************************************************************** > * Butch Evans * Professional Network Consultation* > * http://www.butchevans.com/ * Network Engineering * > * http://www.wispa.org/ * WISPA Board Member * > * http://blog.butchevans.com/ * Wired or Wireless Networks * > ******************************************************************** > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
