 AOL does NOT hide your IP address from eBay. THAT'S NOW PROVEN
I did as is advised. Signed into my AOL account. I had cleared cookies, etc before doing so.
Yes, for sure I find I have a different IP address.
BUT, HERE'S THE CATCH!!
That IP address is MERELY a WEAK CLOAK of my real IP address.
Simply doing an IP reverse lookup I identified the location of that IP address as EXACTLY the same as my internet provider!!
Doing this repeatedly. i.e. logging out. deleting cookies, etc. logging in. repeating the procedure. EVERY TIME there was the same problem. Every time the new IP address was transparent as far as reverse look-up software was concerned and it identified my isp.
Thus eBay will easily be able find your real IP address by using some sophisticated reverse software.
Whether they go to that length all the time is not known. But maybe they do when there is excess computing power available, like at quiet times.
Last edited by SheerGold; 10-15-2008 at 12:25 PM.
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