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Geolocation by Firefox and Thunderbird - Be Prudent!! | |
| Rose Croix Offer Upgrade  User ID: 1374932  Germany05/08/2011 06:22 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Rose Croix (OP) User ID: 1374932 Germany05/08/2011 06:26 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | > I guess it > shows that when a company adopts "Don't be evil" as its motto, it means > that it hopes to be evil without being suspected. It's funny in their privacy policy, google/firefox say something to the effect: "We will not use this information to spy on you". Whatever they say they ALL-WAYS mean the opposite. We will protect you = we will kill and poison you! We will educate you = we will dumb you down! We will fight for your rights = we will take away your rights! And on and on and on and.... Last Edited by Rose Croix on 05/08/2011 06:26 AM May All Things Be Auspicious! May Excellence Increase! May Christ/Buddha/Sacred Law of One Dharma Flourish at The Hands of The Ordination. Peter |
| Rose Croix (OP) User ID: 1374932 Germany05/08/2011 10:12 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1342348  United States05/08/2011 11:44 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Rose Croix (OP) User ID: 1374932 Germany05/08/2011 01:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Easy to turn off: Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1342348In the url bar type in- about:config You should get a warning window. click on I promise to be careful Scroll down to- geoenabled- and double click it. It will not open up but show up as false. Its disabled. Thanks for the input!! May All Things Be Auspicious! May Excellence Increase! May Christ/Buddha/Sacred Law of One Dharma Flourish at The Hands of The Ordination. Peter |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1118750  United Kingdom05/08/2011 01:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Not quite as alarming as your story, but from a better source. How does it work? When you visit a location-aware website, Firefox will ask you if you want to share your location. If you consent, Firefox gathers information about nearby wireless access points and your computer’s IP address. Then Firefox sends this information to the default geolocation service provider, Google Location Services, to get an estimate of your location. That location estimate is then shared with the requesting website. If you say that you do not consent, Firefox will not do anything. [link to www.mozilla.com] |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1372413 United Kingdom05/08/2011 01:56 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Easy to turn off: Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1342348In the url bar type in- about:config You should get a warning window. click on I promise to be careful Scroll down to- geoenabled- and double click it. It will not open up but show up as false. Its disabled. thanks for that, very useful.  |
| Rose Croix (OP) User ID: 1374932 Germany05/08/2011 02:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1118750 United Kingdom05/08/2011 02:19 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1277490  Netherlands05/08/2011 02:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Easy to turn off: Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1342348In the url bar type in- about:config You should get a warning window. click on I promise to be careful Scroll down to- geoenabled- and double click it. It will not open up but show up as false. Its disabled. thanks for that, very useful. Yes, wasn't aware of that, and I don't consider myself a noob either thanks |
