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And everyone should realize and remember - web sites Posted by Scott Paterson [Email] (#13) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Scott Paterson) on Sat, 11 Feb 2006 14:13:30 In Reply to: Privacy is Dead!, Scott Paterson [Profile/Gallery] , Sat, 11 Feb 2006 13:16:14 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
Web sites use web logs. These logs are very very rich in detail. You can see who is requesting a page (and every part that makes up that page - all the images etc), what their domain/IP address is, if they came directly from a bookmark (or typed in the name) or from a link on another site - and if so, exactly what page that link was on, what type of browser they are using, what type of operating system, what versions of each, and more. This is standard practice and the default setting for most web server installations.
You're not totally anonymous when you surf web sites. In fact, just the opposite.
I wrote up a note for Saabnet.com that shows what a common web log line looks like and what each piece means.
-Scott
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