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   bit-naughty@hotmail.com to All   
   Geolocation   
   04 Oct 15 09:56:33   
   
   How does a website know where in the world I am....? I've been to sites which   
   ask me (Firefox pops up the box on the top left), and then OTOH, there are   
   sites which seem to identify where I am just fine, though I never told   
   them....???!!!   
      
   I would like to get to the bottom of this - how is this pulled off exactly?   
   Did they give a latitude and longitude co-ordinate to every router on the   
   internet or something?   
      
      
   Thanks.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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