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10-09-2008, 09:03 AM
WEBSITES can now find out where you live using a new geolocation plug-in called Geode from browser company Mozilla.

Posted on Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:20:00 GMT at http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/...public_rss

xmsmmgrs

10-09-2008, 01:45 PM
That's not that new... When you visit any website your IP is registered, or at least they can see it. Having the IP it is easy to see where it is from.
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