"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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On 26/08/13 12:11, Mr Pounder wrote:
"alan" wrote in message
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On 26/08/2013 01:01, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
came to my attention, since web security is a bit of an issue I have to
deal with.

This site wont hurt, but it will tell you, possibly rather too exactly
(it certainly knew which exchange I was on ADSL wise, and I'd still
like
to know how) where you are located.

http://www.ip-tracker.org/locator/ip-lookup.php

I would be very interested to know how many people here find the same -
that it is more accurate than it has any right to be.

I use a fixed IP but this web site doesn't seem to get beyond the
identity
and location of my ISP.

Well, it was spot on with me.


exactly.
I suspect that there is a sparse database, that searches for exact
matches, and then progressively uses less precise tools. You and I are
'known' to it. Others are not.

I suspect that it just knows good looking people of very high intelligence
:-)