[PLUG] IP tracking

[Dick Steffens]

On 7/26/19 12:13 PM, King Beowulf wrote:
> On 7/25/19 10:21 PM, Dick Steffens wrote:
>> Is there a good place to read up on IP tracking by Google? Folks I know
>> want to use Google Calendar. They are totally unsophisticated with
>> regards to how Google tracks a user's IP address. I want to find some
>> information I can cite to explain it to them.
>>
> Dick,
>
> Literally EVERYBODY tracks your IP address. If they didn't, there would
> be no way to access information on the internet. An IP address is how
> internet information finds its destination and is exactly analogous to
> your house address for receiving paper mail:  EVERYBODY knows your house
> address. It's a public record.

I understand this part.

> The question is not "Do they track my IP access" but "Do they track what
> internet sites and information I access from my IP address".  You can
> block a lot of this, use a VPN or proxy to hide your real IP, but then
> you can't use "free" services like google calendar, etc.

Right. That's the part I want to read up on. How does Google track IP 
addresses and the sites those IP addresses connect to.

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Regards,

Dick Steffens