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Posted by Michael H on August 18, 2005, 4:20 pm
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On 13 Aug 2005 07:58:34 -0700, nettaxi@gmx.net wrote:
--> When I go to http://search.msn.com/local/
--> it automatically displays my location in the search box.
--> At first I thought this was an IE feature I did not know about,
but it
--> works in Firefox too. I have never bevore been to that site, and
I am
--> sure that there is no cookie with this information on my system.
-->
--> How does this work?
-->
--> I admit that I am more than a little freaked out by this
I'm sure it just makes an educated guess based on your IP. It guessed
Seattle for me, though I'm in Redmond. At home, it guesses Bellevue
while I'm still in Redmond.
Michael Hughes - Redmond, WA/Silverton, OR
http://www.MrHankyTrivia.net - http://www.MrHankyTrivia.com
http://aa7ml.net - http://aa7ml.com
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