On 26/08/2013 10:28, Jonathan wrote:
On Monday, August 26, 2013 10:08:35 AM UTC+1, Arfa Daily wrote:
"Jb" wrote in message

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"Bob Eager" wrote in message

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On Mon, 26 Aug 2013 01:01:29 +0100, 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.



Surely this information has been available for years? I get students to

find out this stuff routinely, just to see if they can.

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Puts me 120 miles away...



Jb







and me about 15 miles away ...



Arfa

and me 103 miles away, so I guess coincidence in many cases of purported accuracy

Jonathan

Correctly locates me in the Manchester area, but anywhere in a circle
around 24 miles diameter. Circle is centred on Manchester city centre,
not where I am located. So locates me along with probably around 3 to
3.5 million other people as a minimum.

SteveW