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To: Stock Puppy who wrote (83638)	7/7/2009 12:39:57 AM
From: Cogito	Respond to of 213177

>>3) The web site you were previously looking at (so if you were looking at www.Mcdonalds.com/Big_Mac and then visited www.BurgerKing.com, Burger King would know you were previously looking at Mcdonalds' big mac web page - whether you typed the URL, clicked a bookmark or clicked on a link to get to Burger King (as if McDonalds would have a link to Burger King :-) It doesn't distinguish how you came to the site, it knows only where you came from. << SP - I could be wrong, but I think you're mistaken about this. I've spent quite a bit of time looking through log files on web servers, and through the reports generated by log file analyzers like Webalizer. I believe that what you are talking about is the "referrer" data. That data can only be collected if you arrive at a second site after clicking a link on the first site. I don't believe that web server software has any way of collecting data about previously visited sites if you just click on one of your own bookmarks or you type in the URL of the site to get there. Again, I could be wrong. - Allen

To: Stock Puppy who wrote (83638)	7/7/2009 1:48:03 PM
From: shlurker	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 213177

... If you visit a web site, the web site knows and can collect - with or without cookies enabled: ... 2) Your IP address (not a big deal unless you have a static IP) but this provides information about your host (ISP) and indirectly, your general location (ie, city) ... I have had a static IP address since the 1990's, when ATT had to come to your house and rewire for DSL. Now it seems to be a problem as i finally want to make a wireless home Network. This is because i cannot get my Airport Extreme to work without calling my provider that i've not communicated with for over 10 years(pac bell at the time). I've been told that they have to 'switch' from the ethernet of my desktop mac G4 to the ethernet of my AirportExtreme... Is this right? Why do they care? Should i just tell them to give me DCHP instead, which at one time was not as good for DSL. Is there any advantage of a static ISP these days( other than setting up your own server)? And now that cable internet is "faster than DSL", what would happen if i just switch to COMCAST instead, not mentioning the dedicated IP address? Thanks in advance for any suggestions or info...