Comment on I was on social media before web browsers existed. I am Legion.

• MehBlah@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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 ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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