Difference between revisions of "Geolocation"

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* Type geo.enabled
 
* Type geo.enabled
 
* Double click on the geo.enabled preference - verify that the state has changed to "disabled"
 
* Double click on the geo.enabled preference - verify that the state has changed to "disabled"
* Right-click on "geo-wifi" which has the value: geoloc://www.google.com/loc/json - should you want to restore it some day. Change it to http://127.0.0.1 - the local loopback - ensures no funnybusiness. I don't trust Firefox anymore.
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* Right-click on "geo-wifi" which has the value: geoloc://www.google.com/loc/json - should you want to restore it some day. Change it to geoloc://127.0.0.1 - the local loopback - ensures no funnybusiness. I don't trust Firefox anymore.
 
* Location-Aware Browsing is now theoretically disabled, there are still other, perhaps less accurate (or not), techniques that can be used.
 
* Location-Aware Browsing is now theoretically disabled, there are still other, perhaps less accurate (or not), techniques that can be used.
  

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