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> <channel><title>gHacks Technology News &#124; Latest Tech News, Software And Tutorials &#187; firefox geolocation</title> <atom:link href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/firefox-geolocation/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.ghacks.net</link> <description>A technology news blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas.</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:52:46 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com"/><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://superfeedr.com/hubbub"/> <item><title>Disable Location-Aware Browsing (Geolocation) In Firefox</title><link>http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/19/disable-location-aware-browsing-geolocation-in-firefox/</link> <comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/19/disable-location-aware-browsing-geolocation-in-firefox/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:26:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Martin Brinkmann</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Browsing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Firefox]]></category> <category><![CDATA[firefox geolocation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[firefox tips]]></category> <category><![CDATA[geolocation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[location-aware browsing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mozilla-firefox]]></category> <category><![CDATA[web browser]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.ghacks.net/?p=13697</guid> <description><![CDATA[The next installment of the Firefox web browser comes with a new location-aware browsing (geolocation) feature that is enabled by default. Geolocation makes it possible to identify the user&#8217;s location in the world based on data such as the computer&#8217;s IP address. It has to be noted that messages will be displayed whenever the user [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The next installment of the Firefox web browser comes with a new location-aware browsing (geolocation) feature that is enabled by default. Geolocation makes it possible to identify the user&#8217;s location in the world based on data such as the computer&#8217;s IP address. It has to be noted that messages will be displayed whenever the user opens a website that makes use of the new location-aware browsing feature. The message looks similar to those when installing add-ons from third party websites and basically gives the user the choice to allow or disallow the gelocation service on that specific website.</p><p>A click on the Share Location button will share the current location with the website while a click on Don&#8217;t Share will prevent it.</p><p><span
id="more-13697"></span><img
src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/firefox_geolocation-499x304.jpg" alt="firefox geolocation" title="firefox geolocation" width="499" height="304" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-13698" /></p><p>To be precise, the following information will be send to the website:</p><blockquote><p> Your computer’s IP address,<br
/> Information about the nearby wireless access points, and<br
/> A random client identifier, which is assigned by Google, that expires every 2 weeks.</p></blockquote><p>Firefox users who never intend to use the geolocation feature might want to disable it permanently. This can be done easily by typing [about:config] in the Firefox address bar to open the Firefox configuration. The feature can now be disabled by entering [geo.enabled] into the Filter form at the top and pressing the enter key. The geo.enabled parameter should now be displayed. The easiest way to disable geolocation is to double-click the entry so that the Value displays false afterwards.</p><p>You find more information about geolocation on the Location-Aware browsing page over at <a
href="http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/geolocation/">Mozilla</a> which also explains how to get remove permissions that have already been granted to websites and the random client identification number.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/19/disable-location-aware-browsing-geolocation-in-firefox/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>22</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
