BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 10 hours agoI was on social media before web browsers existed. I am Legion.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square156linkfedilinkarrow-up1766arrow-down13
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minus-squareMehBlah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoThe first five digits of mine was a local zip code. Not quite my zip code but less than twenty miles away. I think they may have handed them out from the nearest tymnet node. There was a university there as well.
minus-squareW98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoI remember using a program called “Neotrace” to find the general geographic area a user was in based on their IP. That freaked people out in the 90’s.
Wow. Seriously.
The first five digits of mine was a local zip code. Not quite my zip code but less than twenty miles away. I think they may have handed them out from the nearest tymnet node. There was a university there as well.
I remember using a program called “Neotrace” to find the general geographic area a user was in based on their IP.
That freaked people out in the 90’s.