Unless you're VPN'ed back home, you'll have an IP address registered elsewhere. They usually have a method to look elsewhere too, once they direct you to where they think is the best place for you.... which usually is.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -------------------------------------------------- From: "Marlon K. Schafer" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2009 10:52 PM To: <[email protected]>; "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WISPA] OT, IE is allowing strange things > That's just NOT helpful if I'm either NOT home (this is the aaa site after > all! doh) or if I want to look up something else. > > These companies are taking the automated call attendant to a whole new > stupid unhelpful level! > marlon > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Scottie Arnett" <[email protected]> > To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 12:36 PM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] OT, IE is allowing strange things > > >> It is doing it from your IP address. The server does a lookup on your IP >> address to see where you are located and forwards you to the website for >> your area. >> >> Scottie >> >> ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- >> From: "Marlon K. Schafer" <[email protected]> >> Reply-To: WISPA General List <[email protected]> >> Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 21:09:07 -0700 >> >>>OK, this seems simple enough. Type in www.aaa.com and go to the triple A >>>site right? >>> >>>Nope, it somehow knows that I'm in zip code 99159 and sends me, >>>automatically to www.aaawa.com! >>> >>>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? >>> >>>If I do a google search and click on aaa I can get there, put it into the >>>ADDRESS (NOT search) bar I get redirected to a site other than the one I >>>wanted. >>> >>>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? >>> >>>Anyone have any idea how this is possible and how to make the bastards >>>stop >>>snooping? I've deleted all of the search engines that were stuck in the >>>browser, I've tightened up as much of the security that I can find >>>without >>>breaking everything else. >>> >>>Thoughts? Ideas? >>> >>>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. >>> >>>thanks, >>>marlon >>> >>> >>> >>>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>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/ >>>--- >>>[This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] >>> >>> >> >> Wireless High Speed Broadband service from Info-Ed, Inc. as low as >> $30.00/mth. >> Check out www.info-ed.com/wireless.html for information. >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
