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Digitrader wrote:
> what a brilliant posting and some serious food for thought! you
> should get a GAD for this one
> digi


Thanks for those kind words Digi :¬)





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what a brilliant posting and some serious food for thought! you should get a GAD for this one
digi

Have you ever thought about the trail you leave behind as you surf the web?

As someone who runs various web sites it often amuses me what people do and makes me realise how most internet users don’t know what’s going on behind the scenes.

Lots of data is collected when a visitor views a website.
The main items being:

Browser and browser version.
Screen resolution, number of colours, etc.
Internet Provider and IP address.
Computer operating system and version. Java enabled, .net, etc.
Referrer - Where did they come from – search engine or entered the address directly? If they found the site by a search engine which one and what did they search for. Did they arrive from a link on another site?

Now none of these things directly relate to an actual person but together they make up a foot print or ‘DNA’ of an individual internet user. This is just the way the internet works so it’s the same for everyone. There are ways of hiding your details but normal surfers shouldn’t have to worry about having to do that as you will look pretty anonymous.


There is something to be aware of and avoid though.

I notice some internet providers let the customers use certain words from their account name to make up the address of the provider – people are often leaving their name and address on every website they visit – which in it’s self isn’t a problem but it’s not recommended!

Freeola ADSL users will just leave an ‘anonymous string’ for the provider address but some of the providers that make up your address using your account details give too much information away.

i.e. Some people display their name – mrsmith.provider.com etc. and others (individuals and businesses) will use “our-house.co.uk”, “company-name.com”, “nhs.uk”, “southampton.gov.uk”, “man.ac.uk” etc., etc.

If you are just leaving your employers address in website logs then the chances are that the worse that could happen is that you could embarrass your employer – but if you are leaving personal details surname/house name etc. then it could possibly be used for criminal purposes.


Just something to think about (or check) when you set up your internet connection…



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