320.2! 301.5, 311.3, 65.4 - Page 197

geoschmo · #**1961** March 16th, 2004, 04:07 PM

Loser, you can't put regular html tags in your sig line. The board will only accept UBB links in your sig profile. It will accept either UBB or html in a post here though.

You can try putting the link in your sig as a UBB link, but I don't think it will work right with all the +### stuff in it. You can post your code as text and then a simple UBB link to the decode page. People can then cut+paste your code into the box on the decode page. I don't think you can do it all in one shot though.

[ March 16, 2004, 14:08: Message edited by: geoschmo ]

Member 4148 · #**1962** April 3rd, 2004, 11:39 PM

question for the day: what does the text in the image in my signiture say?

narf poit chez BOOM · #**1963** April 3rd, 2004, 11:51 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Member 4148:
question for the day: what does the text in the image in my signiture say?

I consider that an intrusion.

Member 4148 · #**1964** April 4th, 2004, 12:03 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:

quote:
Originally posted by Member 4148:
question for the day: what does the text in the image in my signiture say?

I consider that an intrusion.

so what does the Last line say? no identifiable info there
the rest you broadcast every time you load anything in your browser

[ April 03, 2004, 22:18: Message edited by: Member 4148 ]

narf poit chez BOOM · #**1965** April 4th, 2004, 12:25 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Member 4148:

quote:
Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:

quote:
Originally posted by Member 4148:
question for the day: what does the text in the image in my signiture say?

I consider that an intrusion.
so what does the Last line say? no identifiable info there
the rest you broadcast every time you load anything in your browser

You comedy line is working.

Ed Kolis · #**1966** April 4th, 2004, 04:04 AM

Hey, thanks! Now I know what my REAL IP address it, not the one masked by my ISP!

CNCRaymond · #**1967** April 4th, 2004, 04:11 AM

THAT is too cool. Nice Sig Member4148. No ban him please.

Atrocities · #**1968** April 4th, 2004, 04:12 AM

I guess the question is that thing storing the info that it is collecting? If it is not then I would say no harm no foul, but if it is keeping the info then I would request that you discontinue using it.

http://www.danasoft.com

[ April 04, 2004, 03:16: Message edited by: Atrocities ]

Jack Simth · #**1969** April 4th, 2004, 08:04 AM

It's hard to say if they are collecting the information or not - they have a Privacy Policy posted, and it mentions the sig image briefly:

Quote:

Signature Graphic: Some Users on Internet web sites link to our signature graphic. When a person views the signature graphic, they see their own IP address and other information only. It is not possible for your information to be viewed by others, as your IP address and other information are dynamically added to the graphic which is shown to you and to you alone when your web browser loads the signature graphic for our web server. The purpose of the graphic is to raise awareness about what types of information every Internet collects about you.

... but it doesn't say squat about whether or not they save the info.

But if you think about it for a bit, they are pointing out that any time you load anything Online, you broadcast that info - they just make you aware that they recieve it. Of course, what is really fun, is that it is the servers that normally deal with the info - usually just to send a page back to the requester, sure - but there's no particular reason the server itself couldn't trap the info and store it somewhere - and you would never know. If you are too terribly paranoid about it, don't go Online; or, if you'd like, you could try one of the anonomous browsing services, such as @nonymouse.com - which makes the graphic return a different IP and removes the OS, ISP, and browser info - of course, then you are filtering it all through a single site, and you can't be sure they aren't collecting the information.

Of course, tracking people's IP addresses doesn't really help an advertiser, as most Internet Service Providers use DHCP, which causes the IP address of a client to change periodically, so that the IP address can't be readily used to track a potential customer without the ISP's cooperation.

Edit: Also, I might point out that these Boards store your IP address....

[ April 04, 2004, 07:08: Message edited by: Jack Simth ]

PvK · #**1970** April 4th, 2004, 08:19 AM

The Operating System and browser Version are handed over by your web browser software - blame them for doing so. Some browsers (e.g. Opera) let you identify as other browser types. Also, you can insert a program which will intercept these communications and fill in with whatever data you want. Microsoft seems to think no one would ever want to not share this information with everyone though, so IE has no such options.

PvK