Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Frank Filippone writes: > What else can you boys find out about us average > Joe's without us knowing? Your browser reports a certain amount of information to every Web server it contacts. Some of the typical things reported to the server include: - - The name and version of the browser you are using - - The languages your browser supports (English, Japanese, etc., depending on what you've installed) - - The kinds of files that your browser can display. This always includes text and images, obviously, but it can also include things like spreadsheets, word-processing documents, and the like, if your computer is set up to be able to display these within your browser. - - The size of your computer screen (that is, the number of pixels it can display), and the number of colors it can handle. - - The operating system your computer is running: Windows 95/98, Windows NT, MacOS, Linux, etc. - - The type of computer you have: a PC, a Mac, etc. - - Your IP (Internet) address (this is _always_ supplied--you cannot connect to a Web site without revealing your IP address). So, nothing terribly private, but perhaps more than you expected.