The Don's Craptastic World » geolocation http://www.donsalva.com A meta-level binary dude embedded to a multimedia proxy world! Mon, 21 May 2012 13:36:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Firefox: “I see where you are!”, Me: “No, ya don’t!” [Turning off Geolocation Tracking in Firefox] http://www.donsalva.com/2009/11/20/turning-off-geolocation-tracking-in-firefox http://www.donsalva.com/2009/11/20/turning-off-geolocation-tracking-in-firefox#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:57:23 +0000 Don Salva http://www.donsalva.com/?p=707 Related posts:
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]]> Geolocation Tracking/Tagging, ever heard of it? No? Check out the link!

Short version: It's the identification of your geological location. Can be good, can be bad. I don't like being stalked though! Firefox, by standard, has geolocation tracking enabled. If you don't want it, turn it off with a few simple steps:

  1. Type in "about:config" in your url bar
  2. Type in "geo" in the filter bar
  3. Look for "geo.enabled" and turn its value to "false"
  4. For an extra icing on the cake: look for "geo.wifi.uri" and change its content to "WHATEVERYOUDESIRE"

This is how it looks after the change:

Enjoy your stalking-free Firefox!

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