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The "Not Quite Amiga but still computer related category" => Alternative Operating Systems => Topic started by: trekiej on September 12, 2010, 10:34:22 PM

Title: Forums and Personal Information
Post by: trekiej on September 12, 2010, 10:34:22 PM

I went to another forum the other day and I saw a post that had something like a sig. in it.
This sig showed me my information, such as name, ip address, etc.

Can anyone tell me what is going on?

Thanks.

Title: Re: Forums and Personal Information
Post by: Piru on September 12, 2010, 10:52:50 PM

Quote from: trekiej;579003

I went to another forum the other day and I saw a post that had something like a sig. in it.
This sig showed me my information, such as name, ip address, etc.

Can anyone tell me what is going on?

Thanks.

The image is created specifically for each IP address accessing the image. Only you see your information.

It's a old trick to scare inexperienced users.

There are literally thousands of services providing such images, for instance http://www.danasoft.com/

Title: Re: Forums and Personal Information
Post by: trekiej on September 13, 2010, 01:15:27 AM

Thanks.

Title: Re: Forums and Personal Information
Post by: motrucker on September 13, 2010, 03:38:53 AM

That trick pre-dates the internet. It was very "popular" back in the BBS days - and then usually very easy with the ANSI commands. It used to scare the pants off of inexperienced users.