Posted on 04/05/2011 6:03:44 PM PDT by dynachrome
“”[08] Mozilla Firefox:
• Type ‘about:config’ in the address bar (without the ‘’)
• Discard the warning by hitting ‘yes’
• [1] Scroll down until you reach ‘geo.enabled’ or you can simply search for ‘geo.enabled’
• Doubleclick the item and it will change from its default value ‘True’ to ‘False’
• [2] Scroll down until you reach ‘geo.wifi.uri’or you can simply search for ‘geo.wifi.uri’
• Rightclick the Value of ‘geo.wifi.uri’ and click ‘Modify’
• Type in ‘localhost’ and hit ‘OK’””
Thank you for posting this article.
Yes. Thank you for this information.
Seriously? There is an entire blog about geolocation?
Interesting. Looks like Internet Explorer is about the only App that doesn’t give away your location.
Take that, Apple and Firefox lovers!
I guess it’s useful information. If I’m ordering a pizza it’s nice to find places nearby. If I’m plotting to overthrow tyrants, I guess I’d rather not make it easy to find me. :-)
Thanks. All done.
interesting. thanks for posting
Had you given thought to the idea that the reason it isn't on the list is because you CANNOT DISABLE GEOLOCATION on IE ?????
Given that link, Maybe it’s because the BLOGGER never tried it on IE.
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A place where one places their illustrated personal diary on-line, and they would worry about the GEO LOCATION feature?
Besides, the GEOLOCATION does not give THEM your location down to a few feet. At best, it gives them the city and state.
Bump& ping
The only way this makes any sense at all is if they are talking "smart phone" apps which can access the GPS chip buried in all of the latest cell phones (& perhaps Ipads & similar devices, netbooks, & PDAs). I'm running the latest Firefox browser on my desktop and there is NO location functionality available. This article applies only to the yuppies running around with an iPhone 4 permanently screwed into the left ear.
GPS was added to cell phones when it became apparent that people were going to be calling 911 with no actual address to refer back to when dispatching emergency services. For the truly paranoid the locator function may be turned on remotely any time the phone is powered up. That should give you something to think about...
Regards,
GtG
Done. Thank you.
It’s probably embedded in the registry.
It’s probably embedded in the registry.
Also to note when taking pictures with your smartphone. Most will add geotags to the picture file. To see them, download to your computer and look at the file properties.
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