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Re: Whya can't my laptop figure out what time zone I'm in, like my cell phone does?
From: Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2012 01:36:16 -0500
On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 11:27 PM, <Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu> wrote:
On Thu, 06 Dec 2012 12:47:12 -0700, "Rob Slade, doting Grandpa of Rayn, Trevor, Devon, and Hannah" said:Computers can find out (or somebody can find out) where a specific computer is when they are on the net. (And you have to be on the net to get time updates.) Some Websites use this (sometimes startlingly accurate) information in a variety of amusing (and sometimes annoying or frightening) ways. So it is quite possible for a laptop to find out what time zone it is in, when it updates the time.Well, sure - *if* you're willing to accept the fact that if geolocation gets it wrong, you just missed your meeting. And it's not perfect. Don't believe me, wander over to the NANOG archives and search for all the postings where people have gotten screwed over because they're in New Jersey but somebody's geolocation thinks they are in France...
I saw similar when I was in Maine a couple of winters. For some reason, the geolocation database thought I was in Canada (it did not muck with time zone data, though). Perhaps laptops need a GPS? Jeff _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
Current thread:
- Whya can't my laptop figure out what time zone I'm in, like my cell phone does? Rob Slade, doting Grandpa of Rayn, Trevor, Devon, and Hannah (Dec 06)
- Re: Whya can't my laptop figure out what time zone I'm in, like my cell phone does? Jeffrey Walton (Dec 06)
- Re: Whya can't my laptop figure out what time zone I'm in, like my cell phone does? Valdis . Kletnieks (Dec 06)
- Re: Whya can't my laptop figure out what time zone I'm in, like my cell phone does? Jeffrey Walton (Dec 06)