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Zerofactorial@noc.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• MehBlah@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  76474 Sidney, TX or close by.

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  • W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Wow. Seriously.

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    • MehBlah@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      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.

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      • W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        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.

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  • Zerofactorial@noc.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    @MehBlah At the time I lived thousands of miles from there

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    • MehBlah@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      But now you are back close by? The ID was based on your address. That part was confirmed by someone I know who worked there in the early 90’s.

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      • Zerofactorial@noc.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        @MehBlah No, I've never lived in TX, so ???

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