When I visit a web site, can the server identify me?

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i have a question. please email me back . Can the hacker find out all my conversations in msn or yahoo mesneger?, emails passowrds, or sited ive visted. through my IP adres?? thank you. i really need to know

Can a server consistently deletes the IP addresses, thus wiping out any trace of IP addresses that were on the site?

can someone identify me from an email address ? I am in the process of utilizing a yahoo address to collect information for a possible lawsuit and am wondering if there are privacy laws that prevent yahoo from releasing/attaching my name to incoming/outgoing mail.
any help would be appreciated.

Can someone watch you online? What I mean is, can a person know when you sign up on a website ex. facebook, myspace ? Every time I sign up for a new account this person has a new profile before I know it. I feel like they are following me. This person has my first name and my email address. How much information can a person get with your first name and email address, especially someone that knows their way around the internet? thanx

Leo i need ur help, i work in a manufacturing firm. we've a WiFi connection and i used to download chunksof data incl. movies. Now they r astonished of the sudden rise in bill and are trying to trace it out. Is it possible to trace me??

Hello Leo,
If I am visiting someone's blog and they have SITEMETER attached to their blog (and lets just say for the sake of my email to you, they have the "advanced sitemeter") are they able to LOCATE ME PERSONALLY through sitemeter..i.e., are they able to find an ISP number and then locate me?

Hello,
By mistake i completed a questionnaire page before applying for a job on the internet. The questionnaire asked for my basic info name, address, e-mail.. Since then I get over 100 junk e-mails a day. Is there a way to stop this? Also, what would be the easiest way to learn how to create a website, w/e-mail set up etc.? I appreciate your comments.

i was acting stupid in a chatroom i got banned and they said they have my ip adress and they might contact my internet provider help will they actually contact

Someone from within my company has managed to id me via an anonymous site for posting company reviews. Considering all comments are anonymous, is this possible (and if so how) or is this person bluffing? They seem to know my name and exactly which comments I posted.

Great information on here. While I understand from the article that a host can easily identify an IP addresses are easily visible by hosts, I just want to clarify: if I visit a website, will he know that, for example, "someone named Josh XXXX spent 12 minutes reading my blog entry and then downloaded my new song"?

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