How do I stop my computer from revealing what city that I am located
in? I have been to some websites that tell me the city that I am in
without me telling them.

Robert- $5.00

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Request for Question Clarification by denco-ga on 05 Sep 2005 15:51 PDT

Howdy Robert,

Could you provide an example web site please?  Thanks!

Looking Forward, denco-ga - Google Answers Researcher

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Request for Question Clarification by sublime1-ga on 05 Sep 2005 18:48 PDT

Robert...

Your city location can, to a large extent, be determined
from the IP address given to you by your ISP, using a tool
such as the one demonstrated on this page at NetWorldMap:
http://www.networldmap.com/TryIt.htm

Your IP address is easily available to most websites, should
they choose to access it, as demonstrated on WhatIsMyIP:
http://www.whatismyip.com/

You can mask your IP by using a proxy setup for surfing,
but there's really no reason to do so if you have nothing
to hide.

Let me know whether this satisfies your interests in asking
this question, of what else you might need...

sublime1-ga

Hi,
  I think if you're a Microsoft IE user, you can try to choose another
web browser such as Opera or Firefox, they will provider you more
control on many aspects of web page, java (script), animation and etc.
And I consider that what you encountered is made by java script. You
could disable the feature in your web browser and try again. Good
luck.

F.Y.I
Opera    http://www.opera.com/
Firefox  http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

The only thing through which computer identified individualy is ip
address. You can use Proxy Switcher Lite
(http://www.proxyswitcher.com/download.html) free tool to change ip
address easily. Get live proxy list here
http://www.checker.freeproxy.ru/checker/last_checked_proxies.php enjoy
privacy free.

Or check this out www.anonycat.com

If you go to the following site you can run a utility called "ShieldsUp".
It will tell you what your computer shows to the world in terms of IP
address and whether any location is explicit or implied.   If your IP
address is dynamic within a range then re-visiting the site will let
you see how it changes.

www.grc.com
Look for and run the ShieldsUp scanner.

Secondly, the idea of IP substitution is implemented by various
competing products, some of which may be free.  One aspect to consider
is performance--you don't want to slow down browsing *too* much.

The following is a *not* free product.
http://www.freedom.net/products/websecure/