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

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.

its disabled default morans!!

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How do I undo a permission granted to a site?

If you've given Firefox permission to always give your location to a site and later change your mind, you can easily revoke that permission. Here's how:

Navigate to the site to which you've given permission
Go to the Tools menu, then select Page Info
Select the Permissions tab
Change the setting for Share Location

What about Crome and IE9 ??
Thanks for firefox

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.

I do plan on doing an encryption tutorial but it isn't as easy as what my past threads have been.

I'm still working on it and I'll get it up as soon as it's finished.

In the meantime I will be doing the simple fixes for you.

Enjoy!

Dont forget to add Better PRivacy and NoScript as add ons, and add browser.cache.memory.capacity and set it to 2000000 and disable disk caching for RAM only browsing, and turn off page file and set temp folders to a RAM disk and all of that to make an SSD last forever

Dont forget to add Better PRivacy and NoScript as add ons, and add browser.cache.memory.capacity and set it to 2000000 and disable disk caching for RAM only browsing, and turn off page file and set temp folders to a RAM disk and all of that to make an SSD last forever

Dont forget to add Better PRivacy and NoScript as add ons, and add browser.cache.memory.capacity and set it to 2000000 and disable disk caching for RAM only browsing, and turn off page file and set temp folders to a RAM disk and all of that to make an SSD last forever

Looked for your post about IE9 OP but couldn't see it. I figure if you Click Tools > Internet Options > Privacy tab > Check 'Never allow websites to request your physical locations' it has the same result?

edit: and click 'clear sites' after checking 'Never allow websites to request your physical locations' and restart IE

Uhhhhhhhhhhhh........then what?

Thanks for the help, I am computer illiterate for the most part, never took the time to learn as it developed because it's hard to keep up with all of the new tech.

Thats it, they cant find you then. Take the cell phone battery out too.

what about Internet Explorer
about:config does nothing

Most of these smartphone free apps are conditional on surrendering your location. Anyway around that one ?.

Try to find the app download at another site OR download them as a torrent as an .apk file copied from your PC to your device and manually install it.

Are we allowed to talk about torrents here if we don't specifically name what we're going to download?

Just a how to.

I'm not sure. Should be a Mod in about 1 1/2 hours.

Thanks OP for the reminder!





Speed up your Firefox

about:config


Several tweaks required for this

Config name: network.http.pipelining
Default: False
Modified value: True

Config name: network.http.proxy.pipelining
Default: False
Modified value: True

Config name: network.http.pipelining.maxrequests
Default: 4
Modified value: any value higher than 4, but not more than 8

Config name: network.http.max-connections
Default: 30
Modified value: 96

Config name: network.http.max-connections-per-server
Default: 15
Modified value: 32

Wtf, thanks OP... I shut off my ff and turned it on again and its going at warp speed... Wish I've known this years ago, by then I've given the watchers an eyeful...

Screw you, spies...

This one is worth repeating. Excellent!!!! Mid-page 4 for those coming on later tonight.

Absolutely! I forgot to thank that guy for posting that.

Excellent info for people with slower computers.

Thanks man!