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Can physical adress be added in a survey? 2 years 2 weeks ago #60296

Jeep OFFLINE Fresh Lemon Posts: 13 Karma: -1	Hi there guys! I am new here and was thinking if there is possible to add the mac or physical address of a computer in a survey. I know there is the IP possibility to choose but it would be great to have even a physical address of the person that has clicked in the survey. Thank you!
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Re: Can physical adress be added in a survey? 2 years 2 weeks ago #60298

holch OFFLINE LimeSurvey Team Posts: 1973 Thank you received: 156 Karma: 80	What do you mean with the "physical" address? Street, City, etc? I don't think that you can get access to the mac address of a computer from outside (except you are a hacker).
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Re: Can physical adress be added in a survey? 2 years 2 weeks ago #60300

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Physical address is synonym of Mac address.
If you type in run-> cmd-> ipconfig/all you will find there the physical
address of your personal computer. The physical address is a "key" to identify
every computer, because every PC has its own physical address.
If you want to learn more about that read here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_address
Now all i am asking here is: can this address be found by modifying limesurvey?

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Re: Can physical adress be added in a survey? 2 years 2 weeks ago #60302

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OK, I didn't know that the MAC address is also called physical address (you never stop learning).

However, as I said, I doubt that this is possible from within a browser.

But then I searched the net a little and it seems like there is a possibility to do so, but, surprise surprise, seems like it works with IE and with ActiveX on only.

Here some of the links that I found via google:

www.eggheadcafe.com/community/aspnet/3/1...ent-mac-address.aspx
www.webdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?t=134120
www.qualitycodes.com/tutorial.php?articl...on-Internet-Explorer

You could include the javascript in the first question text and write it into a hidden question,.

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Re: Can physical adress be added in a survey? 2 years 2 weeks ago #60331

Jeep OFFLINE Fresh Lemon Posts: 13 Karma: -1	I have heard news that it can be done even from other browsers, so pls help me with the others! Also, where is the file that is written the ip address?
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Re: Can physical adress be added in a survey? 2 years 2 weeks ago #60332

holch OFFLINE LimeSurvey Team Posts: 1973 Thank you received: 156 Karma: 80	Sorry, I am not an expert on this, so I am not of any help. All of the above was googled. Maybe someone else knows something?
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Re: Can physical adress be added in a survey? 2 years 1 week ago #60580

Jeep OFFLINE Fresh Lemon Posts: 13 Karma: -1	Maybe this should be applied as an idea at limesurvey developing as it is one of the most important point of a survey
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Re: Can physical adress be added in a survey? 2 years 1 week ago #60586

holch OFFLINE LimeSurvey Team Posts: 1973 Thank you received: 156 Karma: 80	What is one of the most important points of a survey?
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Re: Can physical adress be added in a survey? 2 years 1 week ago #60643

Jeep OFFLINE Fresh Lemon Posts: 13 Karma: -1	In my opinion is finding the physical address in the survey
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Re: Can physical adress be added in a survey? 2 years 1 week ago #60644

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Well, I don't agree. I think the physical address is a very specific demand for a survey.

Actually, it has little to do with surveys. In some countries, do to data protection laws you might not even be allowed to collect this information (which might allow to identify a person) in surveys, without clearly informing participants about it and the consequences.

For what exactly do you need this information in your survey?

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