Re: web tracking

From: Hugh Ekeberg (hugh_ekeberg_at_DELETE-THISyahoo.com.au)
Date: 10/27/04 

Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 22:56:26 GMT

You are not anonymous when you surf the net and sending e-mail is not
private communications. To be anonymous you need to connect through a proxy
and subscribe to a service which provides secure tunnelling.

To send private e-mail you need encryption. There are many levels of privacy
and encryption depending on your needs.

Checkout an informative faq by Dr Who at the alt.privacy.anon-server news
group.

MOB wrote:

> Yesterday I was surfing on the net and when I opened a particular
> website, I saw words to this effect: "my computer geek tells me that
> you're visiting us from ---my city--, ---my state---.
>
> I wasn't happy to see that. I'm wondering now, do all webpages that I
> visit tell the owner or webmaster where I'm from?
>
> If I only stay three seconds and then leave, does that information
> remain on their record?