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This Forum is About eBay Tracking
 

This forum was created specifically to talk about eBay tracking. EBay tracks you in a number a sophisticated ways. If you have eBay cookies on your machine, and you go to eBay your Ip address will be linked to an account. If you do this for multiple accounts without cleaning your cookies, this will link accounts together. Using the same password on multiple accounts can link you. Using Paypal with multiple accounts can link you. Using unique domain names for image hosting can do it too. EBay tracks you and links your accounts together in many ways. When you know what eBay does to track you, you'll be able to protect your self in the future. Learn more and ask questions on this forum, we'll try to help.

Keep a helpful and relaxed environment please.

Good luck!

HI- Yes, Surprisingly, I have had Ebay track me by using the same Password, on several accts.. I also lost a Paypal acct because of this same reason.

thats why i make my passwords a variation of my log-in name
and store everything in a gigantic exel file.

Lol, these are my type of passwords all saved in excel:

aa651c5ea514
fbre654fcea941
a5e4g4d646q
CEW4f546ec5
C54e6aec45ef
Be4654f3qa1f

Just random numbers and letters. :)

Use Robo form. It saves the passwords for you and automatically fills in your data when you go to a website. It also generate passwords for you.

RoboForm: Password Manager, Form Filler, Password Generator, Fill & Save Forms

Does anyone know anything about "web beacons" that ebay uses? I think they use these nasties within their logos(images) within emails from them.

ccleaner all day every day. call me paranoid, but i clean everytime i switch a webpage. i try not to open emails, but when i have 20 questions on an item, it gets kind of tempting, any suggestions to get around the tracking?

I download my aol email into outlook express, and view everything from ebay using "view message source"

I lost half my names the beginning of Dec due to beacons and opening email. Since using this to view my email, it's been smooth everr since.

Hi, I have 2 questions regarding tracking:

1. If I sign up a new PP with ⊗⊗⊗⊗ info, and a new email account that's dedicated to use with this new PP and new EB account... can I read my email on the same computer that I read my real email account?

2. Can I still use my old PP on the same computer without being tracked? The PP account was never limited / suspended. But it was linked to my suspended EB account.

Thanks in advance.

I would not risk doing that. You could/can make a mistake and sign in with
old password account etc.
As for question 2, see answer above. Do not give ebay or paypal ANY trail.
From posts here, there are changes regularly so avoid traps.

I would love to do that. AOL email is a real pain.

Could you explain how to do that and could you just use Outlook Express and set up your AOL email in it?

Just use Gmail and images are disabled by default.

I need to find out how much I owe on ebay, is says I owe close to $300, but im almost positive its incorrect. Is there any way to contact ebay and not have them put cookies on my computer? I just need to find out how much I owe and when to pay by. You can pm with answer please. Thanks.

new ip?
 

if i use ccleaner and reset the modem to get a new ip i can not even check my real emails or the ebay/paypal account?
also when i reset the modem and go to ipchicken it shows a different ip, but in my network connection(in control panel) like ip adress, nothing change, it is somenthing wrong ?

Ebay doesnt just use standard cookies to track you. It uses Embedded Flash cookies too and a few other methods. Just clearing your cookies wont be enough.

To clear your flash cookies go to the page Adobe - Flash Player : Settings Manager - Website Storage Settings panel

There are many other ways they track you, that are more complex than many reasons listed here. I will try and list them ASAP

sorry seen you had a section for this !

Hi everybody!
I want to use the mobile broadband to connect the internet.
But it always shows that im in another state.
Will ebay flag me?
please let me know.
Thanks

No it will not. Verizon shows you're in Kansas for example. As long as the ip is stealth, as in it's different for each time you access a different account, you're fine.

Here's my passwords:

ebaysucks1
ebaysucks2
ebaysucks3...
..................
ebaysucks100

real easy to remember.

LOL yea one of my passwords use to be: fupaypal1234
They made me change it saying that my account was access by a 3rd party. I always wonder if they can see the password or not?

I believe they can, and I believe they track based on many behaviors, such as related to passwords.

First Edition is right, passwords are one of the things they can use to link you.

I think that depends on what kind of ISP you're using though. It was the same, for instance, with AOL broadband (of course that doesn't work with eBay now) or some such thing as well from what I remember that always showed up in the same city no matter who used it, so I know what you're talking about. Some IPs are just worthless as far as location info is concerned, and eBay knows which ones they are so they don't care if those IPs don't match up to your location. But there are others like AT&T Uverse that I'm using right now which give you a static IP that's traceable to the exact town you're in. At least in my case I know it is because I've checked.

So for example lets say I have a Uverse IP in Philadelphia but then on eBay I list my location as Seattle. Would they see that something's up? I'm not sure but I kind of suspect that they would. :noidea:

Uh oh, looks like I'm in trouble than I wonder when they're link me next year maybe?...lol

I don't mean that you would get linked by doing that if you follow all the stealth guidelines directly, just that they might pay closer attention to you if you ever slip up, or be quicker to ask you for more verification, etc..

^^EDIT: I meant with the IP location, not password

Actually I was replying to the one about passwords. I'm not really worried about ip since I use mobile broadband for the mobile business man.

About Flash cookies
 

So, will this help? If you will block flash in FireFox? Do I need to block it at all? Do I need to delete Flash cookies if i`m using different user accounts?
Is there any guide how to create stealth amazon acc that will last and will not be linked to previous acc.?

Thank you in advance!

I recommend you read eBay Stealth. Just based on your questions you are pretty far behind in understanding what you should and shouldn't do.

Read eBay Stealth, pm me if you have any questions.

Regards,

I use skype alot, does that leave cookies or beacons, can I be tracked using that?

Using Real or ⊗⊗⊗⊗ Name?
 

What is the biggest reason for needing a false name? Does Ebay track your name with bank acct? Or can you just give ebay a false name? Going to open a new bank acct. and would like to use real name there....

Use real name at bank of course. Make sure it is a bank that accepts deposits from different names. That's all you have to do :)

Please make me clear :)
 

So , After I have read the eBay stealth guide I realized that my accounts probably linked. :doh: 3 accounts never have been suspended (2 of them on top rated status). Just few listings was removed.

I have registered a Business for selling on eBay . I want to open a new PP account with new address name and all the stuff that I read in guide. This PP account I want to use for collect money from all 3 (linked) other accounts and to withdraw weekly to my business bank account. Can eBay or PP track it ???

Thanks !

Yes.:pop2::pop2:

Whoa! It was short :shocked:!

So I need to open for every PP account unique Bank account and to withdraw separately ??

That's exactly what I have done - no possible linking at all. Anything other than that is risky - so why take risks? KISS - Keep it Simple & Sweet
:pop2:

KISS, where have I heard that before hmmmm.

LOL - smooth as ever!!:D

Hi.I read this stealth ebook twice (new world opened to me.Thanks),and iam about to open stealth account or buy some aged but i was thinking of buying dongle mobile internet in order to get a different IP every time but just found out something.I have orange broadband and customer service told me i couldnt change my IP at all.Today i have problem with the connection i lost it ,and i decided to turn off the router and turned on after 5 seconds.I got connected again but when i check the IP in ipburger it was different,so i did the same thing again turn off -5sec the on and different IP again.What does it mean?Why Orange told me i cannot change it as i have static IP.Strange .Any advice appreciated.

As far as the IP address, that will change. But, the ability to know your location will not. Check the sales tool Sellebrity Analysis, it a stripped down version of what they can do. it pinpoints your location no matter the IP. If you have cookies, it confirms the IP change to e-bay. If you get real good at using that one, you can know the location of the person who left positive feedback and dog'd your "item as described". Got a couple in a row, same location, different screen name. Get Verizon Mobile Internet if you want a true change in IP or change providers, or have two different providers in your house. But, never interchange computers with providers. Keep those separate at all times.

Hi, I was thinking of using a vpn service, vpn4all . com, anyone tried that? Any reason why it would not work? thx