Website Tracking

xteq113 · Post by **xteq113** » Mon Nov 03, 2003 11:03 pm

Ok, I know websites can grab your ip adress, operating systems, and lots of other system prefernces, but can they grab your isp? I was browsing a site best not named on here, when i get one of those pages popping up saying you've been caught searching what not and what so. I know it was all a bunch of crap, but then i saw it had my isp. WPIA (western pa internet accsess). Now don't get me wrong, that is certainly not a common name for an isp and i doubt it was coinncedntal. Is there a way of extrwacing that off my computer, or was it my isp?

Chinchilla! · Post by **Chinchilla!** » Mon Nov 03, 2003 11:08 pm

Take a look at the user "Axilla"'s signature. It shows what your ip address, OS, and ISP are.

But I wouldn't worry if I were you about that information going to a web site. It was probably a page to scare people who are trying to look at porn.

Anthony · Post by **Anthony** » Mon Nov 03, 2003 11:19 pm

It's not hard to figure out your ISP after they have your IP. They just trace the IP to who owns it...

Axilla · Post by **Axilla** » Mon Nov 03, 2003 11:23 pm

Timelessblur · Post by **Timelessblur** » Tue Nov 04, 2003 1:04 am

You computer is constantly broadcasting is IP OS, it web browers, and none of it can really be used to do harm to you computer

Master Jedi · Post by **Master Jedi** » Tue Nov 04, 2003 2:00 pm

IP combined with OS are very useful to hackers. They need an IP to connect to, and with your OS verson, they may know some particular vulnerabilities for that OS. I'm not sure, but I think that there are web browsers availale that will lie about your OS and browser type.

Anthony · Post by **Anthony** » Tue Nov 04, 2003 3:17 pm

There are - On linux at least... It mostly helps though because some sites won't let you in if you don't have IE.

fuuucckkers · Post by **fuuucckkers** » Tue Nov 04, 2003 6:12 pm

Master Jedi wrote:IP combined with OS are very useful to hackers. They need an IP to connect to, and with your OS verson, they may know some particular vulnerabilities for that OS. I'm not sure, but I think that there are web browsers availale that will lie about your OS and browser type.

That is true Jedi man. If you download Mozilla Browser, or it's superior brother, Firebird; you can lie about which browser you're using with the click of a button. It's nice for those IE only Websites.

And the browser I use, Konqueror, I can disable the information all together.

Looky, here's a screenshot too.

Anthony · Post by **Anthony** » Tue Nov 04, 2003 7:19 pm

Well smart stats programs will guess your browser in that case...

Something like : Error/Broswer1/Browser2 (Could only be a few)

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