How anonymous…
19 January 2008 - 13 שבט 5768 by Huw
So I get hits, occasionally, from anonymous proxy servers. Eh… whatever.
Just to let the user of “YouHide” know: it seems to report your IP address and your location. It reports the type of machine you’re using as well as the type of browser.
I have *no* idea if the info is real.
But you sure don’t look too anonymous to me.
In other news…
NPR *seemed* to say this morning that the US is going to start requiring passports of Canadians.
This has been on the books for a while, but Congress had postponed it because of complaints from border states and from Canada.
NPR *seemed* to say, this AM, that the Security folks were going ahead with the requirement despite the congressional postponement.
Anyone have any news about this?
Canadians? Have you been told to get a passport?
I’ll vote for the presidential candidate that will disband the DHS and the TSA.
I’d be interested to know how this shows up.
AFAIK, passports have been required for Canadians travelling into the US by air and sea for several years now. It’s just the land crossings which (so far) have been exempt.
There’s been some talk in Canada of trying to find some sort of ID (short of a passport) that would be acceptable to the US, but I honestly can’t see that happening.
The frustrating thing, of course, is that organized crime will not be phased by the new restrictions. This approach to security is more than just a waste of time. It’s potentially deadly, since it diverts time and money on a useless scheme while lulling the sheeple with the appearance of security.
Bruce Schneier has a lot of good things to say about security on his blog.
And now that I’ve changed my browser’s user agent, you’ll note that the only thing in common with my previous post is the IP address. For the record, I’m *not* in Chicago and I am most assuredly not using IE 7 on Vista.
;-)
Some of the anonymizers work simply as relay stations. So, you would see the IP address of the relay and whatever city that relay is in, but not the actual city or IP address of the person who tagged you.