Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/06

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Subject: Re: [Leica] on web design packages
From: "Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 19:32:14 +0200
References: <00c301c1063d$4a8cd5c0$0201a8c0@Workgroup>

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.

In reply to: Message from "Frank Filippone" <red735i@earthlink.net> (RE: [Leica] on web design packages)