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From: Davidson on 19 Jun 2010 15:58 I've turned off autofill, cleared the cache, and restarted. I've then accessed the site again, entered a load of rubbish and it still comes up with my IP address and my email address. I'll try some of Rowland's suggestions, for which I'm obliged.
From: Rowland McDonnell on 19 Jun 2010 17:19 Davidson <geodav45(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > I've turned off autofill, cleared the cache, and restarted. I've then > accessed the site again, entered a load of rubbish and it still comes > up with my IP address and my email address. Hmm - that sounds as if it's got some (I'd guess Javascript) method of looking up your IP address, and has stored your email address linked to that IP address. Or so I'd guess. Does anyone have a better idea? > I'll try some of Rowland's > suggestions, for which I'm obliged. If I'm right about what I say above, then if the Website in question can still look up your IP address when you're using Firefox, it'll still be able to link that to your IP address. ....for which the quick and dirty fix would be to reboot your ADSL box, assuming you're not on a static IP address. The better fix would be to find out how it's getting your IP address (if that's the case) and stopping it. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Ben Shimmin on 20 Jun 2010 09:46 Tim Streater <timstreater(a)waitrose.com>: > In article > <1jkctvy.ygeje0gfz82aN%real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid>, > real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid (Rowland McDonnell) wrote: [...] >> The better fix would be to find out how it's getting your IP address (if >> that's the case) and stopping it. > > You can't stop the remote end getting your IP address; it's in the > packets you send it. It almost certainly won't be JavasScript, either, > on a web host. PHP is much more likely. The browser you use on your side > makes no difference either. You can't get someone's IP address using JavaScript alone. b. -- <bas(a)bas.me.uk> <URL:http://bas.me.uk/> `Zombies are defined by behavior and can be "explained" by many handy shortcuts: the supernatural, radiation, a virus, space visitors, secret weapons, a Harvard education and so on.' -- Roger Ebert
From: Rowland McDonnell on 20 Jun 2010 20:07 Tim Streater <timstreater(a)waitrose.com> wrote: >> real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid (Rowland McDonnell) wrote: > > > Davidson <geodav45(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > I've turned off autofill, cleared the cache, and restarted. I've then > > > accessed the site again, entered a load of rubbish and it still comes > > > up with my IP address and my email address. > > > > Hmm - that sounds as if it's got some (I'd guess Javascript) method of > > looking up your IP address, and has stored your email address linked to > > that IP address. Or so I'd guess. Does anyone have a better idea? > > > > > I'll try some of Rowland's > > > suggestions, for which I'm obliged. > > > > If I'm right about what I say above, then if the Website in question can > > still look up your IP address when you're using Firefox, it'll still be > > able to link that to your IP address. > > > > ...for which the quick and dirty fix would be to reboot your ADSL box, > > assuming you're not on a static IP address. > > > > The better fix would be to find out how it's getting your IP address (if > > that's the case) and stopping it. > > You can't stop the remote end getting your IP address; it's in the > packets you send it. Hmm - good point, bloody obvious one really. Are there no methods for evading that particular problem? >It almost certainly won't be JavasScript, either, > on a web host. PHP is much more likely. The browser you use on your side > makes no difference either. Righto. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Jim on 21 Jun 2010 02:08 Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > You can't stop the remote end getting your IP address; it's in the > > packets you send it. > > Hmm - good point, bloody obvious one really. Are there no methods for > evading that particular problem? Not really. The return packets have to be able to get back to you after all. Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
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