ShadeDream
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- Nov 27, 2008
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I came along a thread here in BHW where the topic was a program called F.lux. I'm not going to go into the program but one of its features is to use geolocation to provide you with a better service. So I gave it a go and checked out my latitude/longitude by allowing to share my location. To my surprise, it literally gave me my exact location which to be honest is quite scary because if it got exploited it could become a real threat to personal privacy and security. From now on I will be completely disabling this feature in all installed browsers.
Take a look and see how accurate this is in your area:
Or if prefer you can try it on mozilla.org (click on "Give it a try!"):
Was your location spot on?
Here's a how to article explaining how to disable this feature completely:
Take a look and see how accurate this is in your area:
Code:
http://stereopsis.com/flux/map.htmlOr if prefer you can try it on mozilla.org (click on "Give it a try!"):
Code:
http://www.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/geolocation/Was your location spot on?
Here's a how to article explaining how to disable this feature completely:
Code:
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/disable-fake-location-firefox-internet-explorer-chrome/
. It shows a place about 200km away. I guess it's geolocating the IP number from the provider.