Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Geolocation

Ever wonder how some ad servers seem to know where you are located? Here's a simple utility [via geoiptool.com] to show where a user's IP address appears to be originating:



There are of course much more comprehensive (typically for-fee) services tracking locations of IP addresses (based on reverse lookups, information sharing between web sites through 3rd-party services, etc.), so don't count on a dynamic IP address to fully anonymize your location.

Related Posts:
Basic Browser Privacy

[Updated 9 Sep 2007. The previously used utility went offline]

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