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Subject Did you know that your browser is geolocating you? This is how to turn it off for good.

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What happens if someone uses an iPad for 90%of web surfing...with a home wifi?

I worry about all the conspiracy sites I go to, lol
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To try to set your mind at ease a little, or maybe not. lol

If the "authorities" (public servants) want to find out what you're doing online, as a few people have already mentioned in this thread, there is very little you can do. Your ISP ALWAYS knows where you've been and they keep records.

The fixes, laid out on this and other threads of mine, are more geared towards preventing the corporations and advertising leeches and the creeps who like to remotely turn on your webcams and mics on the net from accessing you or actively tracking you very little if at all.

Do these fixes stop everything? I think we would be a little naive to assume that. It does, however, puts in place a line of defense that will at the very least slow them down if not stop most of them altogether.

VPNs have been mentioned that hide your IP, that's another layer of protection.

Using Tor and search sites that don't record your IP is another.

Making sure you know how to properly delete internet files stored on your computer and how to say no, GLOBALLY, to people turning on your webcam or microphone remotely.

Things like that.

It's the whole package that really gets it right but in the end, anytime you are on the net you should assume someone is in fact watching you and act accordingly.
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To add to this and this is towards the naysayers as well.

It is very difficult, if not impossible to get a conviction based solely on an IP address and "they" know this.

How many people in the house that use that PC?

Are you using a router that is capable of being hacked and piggybacked?

You see where I'm going with this?

But if they have an IP address with just one or two more locators with personal information in them, or they hijack and copy your hard drive with all the index.dat files still in tact, they can start to paint a picture of you and begin to track you down.

This is just one step, among many, that makes that more difficult to do.

And I say, any help we can get, we'll take!
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Original Message Location aware browsing is a huge privacy issue.

Basically what it does is every time you go to a website that requests your location your browser will give it geo-locating information such as IP addresses to let the requesting site track you to wherever you are.

There is a very simple process to turn this feature off for good.

In your browser's address bar, type in about:config. There will be a box that pops up that warns about warranty info expiring blah blah blah. Ignore this warning and click I will be careful.

When you get to this page, there will be a search window at the top. What you need to do is type this in that search window exactly as written here. Just copy and paste.

geo.enabled

It will search your files and that one file will be singled out and displayed at the top of your search window.
Double click it to turn it off. You should see the value n the window change from true to false.

You're all finished. You have totally blocked access to your geo-location feature in your browser.

Just remember, anytime you update Firefox, your settings will set back to default so you will have to set the number at zero again to stop it.

Something else I wanted to discuss with you as well...

Did you know that when you visit a website on the internet, your computer deposits a cookie that lets the new website know what site you arrived there from.

So say you were looking at porn and then came to GLP, GLP would know which porn site you came from before you arrived.

Not exactly private but there is an easy fix.

We're going to do the same as last time by typing about:config into your browser's address bar.

Once you get in, type this into the search bar at the top.

network.http.sendRefererHeader

When the file is isolated, right click it, click modify and set the number value to 0 (zero).

That's it, you have stopped your browser from giving referrer information to the next site you visit. Again, remember that if you ever update your browser, you will have to do this over again so make a note to self.

If you have any questions, I will be glad to help.

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