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How does a web page know where you live?

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IP addresses are allocated in blocks to countries and regions; furthermore, the addresses assigned by ISPs to their users can typically be identified with a specific metropolitan area. Thus your IP address may give some indication of your location; visit www.IP2Location.com to see how this works.

If you want to hide your location when surfing the web, use a proxy server; web sites will see the server's IP address, not yours.

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