andy9 wrote on Oct 26^th, 2006 at 9:40am:
That's interesting as I didn't know by visiting a webpage they could tell how you connected to the internet.  This shows that my connection type is: LAN.  Could someone who connects via wireless check to see what is displayed under 'Connection Type'?

It isn't big brother watching. Any website you visit needs information about what browser you are using in order to chose what information to send back to you, whether you have Javascript or ActiveX plug-ins, what your IP address is, and so on. Maybe it doesn't need to know what type of connection you have at your end, but this is hardly an invasion of privacy.

If all of the various protocols that make up the internet were barred you wouldn't be able to use it. Emails and secure websites that use your personal details are encrypted by a double-key system that means other people cannot get your information as it passes them.