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

• W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Wow. Seriously.

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  • MehBlah@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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  • MehBlah@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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      • MehBlah@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Okay. I guess.

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