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

I think the main thing that sells me on FF is that it is so open.

They don't try to hide and lock shit on my PC.

I have a very keen emotion of despise for that crap.

Detest may be a better word.

Loathe.

abhor, abominate, be allergic to, be down on, decline, despise, detest, execrate, feel repugnance, find disgusting, hate, have aversion to, have no use for, refuse, reject, repudiate, revolt, spurn

My opinion.

Stop using IE.

[link to www.mozilla.org]

I'm telling ya, it's better.

Play around with it for a couple days, I guarantee you will feel better. If for no other reason, you KNOW that you are using a browser that doesn't spy on you

We don't KNOW that, but that's what we are told.

Yes we do, it's been tested for years.

100% clean...fact!

what about Internet Explorer
about:config does nothing

well the geo thing.. that made my other laptop not able to load any pages at all..

Great info man! What about cell phone security?

thanks OP for this info I use a macbook pro with safari and firefox your suggestion worked with firefox but not with safari though, hence what you've said in earlier posts.
What i'd like to know is, how do you forensically get deep into your computer like investigators do?

I'm thinking of doing a general computer repair/advice thread to help out with day to day computer issues.

I spend a LOT of time on GLP so I would be able to actively watch the thread for issues people are having. I'm no computer scientist, but I have picked up a few things over time that a lot of people don't really know about.

Let me know what you guys think!

Its a great idea!

Can you share your tips for those of us just starting to use Firefox? I've added on AdBlocker Plus, and did what you recommended in the first post of this thread. Where should we go from there?

Thank you.

All of my threads are linked on page 5 of this thread.

Get do not track me add on as well for

Fir Thread: Did you know that your browser is geolocating you? This is how to turn it off for good. (Page 5)

Ghostery works very good as well, get that too.

Can you share your tips for those of us just starting to use Firefox? I've added on AdBlocker Plus, and did what you recommended in the first post of this thread. Where should we go from there?

I'm thinking of doing a general computer repair/advice thread to help out with day to day computer issues.

I spend a LOT of time on GLP so I would be able to actively watch the thread for issues people are having. I'm no computer scientist, but I have picked up a few things over time that a lot of people don't really know about.

Let me know what you guys think!

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.

Who is "we" ? Do YOU ?
I don't, but you are telling me and I might or might not believe you.