Name: Anonymous 2005-11-15 18:23
This is driving me bonkers. The banner ads from AdultFriendFinder.com say "MEET THESE GIRLS FROM YOUR AREA!" and show some camwhore-ish pics.
They list the cities these women are in, and it really is from right around where I live. I checked out the banner ads from a few different websites (not ones I use often or have an account with) and I see the same thing.
How can they tell where I am? I use a big ISP where there is nothing region-specific about my IP (for example it's not some small ISP that only operates in a few places or something like '*.roadrunner.net' which operates out of the US South/Midwest zone; at least it used to)
If there is some geographical-specific data that's associated with me being on the internet, how can I found out what it is, and disable it?
I'm fucking tired of going to so much effort to stay anonymous on the internet. It's a constant struggle. :-(