From my experience I dont think Ebay bother with the computer name/ID only IP address, emails, address's and cookies.
Recently Ebay requires that if you try to list a new item from a different computer they will ask you to take a phone call to your registered phone number to verify you are the account holder.
Now how do they recognise that its a different computer: IP address or the computer name or details? I'm pretty sure its the IP because of the following experience:
I normally use the same laptop with a mobile broadband connection (which uses a dial up proxy connection). However, I went to an internet cafe and Ebay wouldnt let me relist using a different computer with a different IP address.
However, later I tried to relist using my desktop pc but using the same mobile dongle. So it was a case of different computer but same proxy IP and I was able to relist.
So when Ebay say they recognise your computer they mean they recognise your IP address.
But there are so many people using different computers for legitimate reasons it doesnt make sense they would pull everyone up as the whole system would clog up. There might be a random element to whether you get pulled up or not.
So if I tried using a different computer with the same IP address another time I might get pulled up. But even if that were the case, the randomness of the checking would only go to show how unsophisticated Ebay tracking is. After all, they are not the CIA or Mossad
Hope this helps |