Comments on: Deactivate Location-Aware Browsing in Firefox 3.5 http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/1672/deactivate-location-aware-browsing-in-firefox-3.5/ Computer Help from your Friendly How-To Geek Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:11:35 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Rusky http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/1672/deactivate-location-aware-browsing-in-firefox-3.5/comment-page-1/#comment-77072 Rusky Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:51 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/?p=1672#comment-77072 It would be more useful for things like google maps. I would never, ever want a random advertising company to have that information, no matter how inaccurate it is. It would be more useful for things like google maps. I would never, ever want a random advertising company to have that information, no matter how inaccurate it is.

]]> By: Anonymouse Coward http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/1672/deactivate-location-aware-browsing-in-firefox-3.5/comment-page-1/#comment-73696 Anonymouse Coward Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:07:17 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/?p=1672#comment-73696 Research something before freaking out about it. By default it doesn't do ANYTHING unless 1) the website specifically asks for geolocation information 2) you specifically consent to give that particular website access at that particular time There are no privacy concerns because nothing is automatically sent unless you tell it to always give that site your location. Also, the location isn't even completely accurate - it's just an estimate. When I tried it, it gave an area of several hundred km as my location (although apparently it's capable of being with several meters in select areas). I don't see how this is so bad, since it could be really useful for providing more relevant advertising. It would be cool to see ads for local businesses rather than random crap from other countries that I have no interest in using at all... Research something before freaking out about it. By default it doesn’t do ANYTHING unless
1) the website specifically asks for geolocation information
2) you specifically consent to give that particular website access at that particular time
There are no privacy concerns because nothing is automatically sent unless you tell it to always give that site your location. Also, the location isn’t even completely accurate – it’s just an estimate. When I tried it, it gave an area of several hundred km as my location (although apparently it’s capable of being with several meters in select areas).

I don’t see how this is so bad, since it could be really useful for providing more relevant advertising. It would be cool to see ads for local businesses rather than random crap from other countries that I have no interest in using at all…

]]> By: Television Spy http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/1672/deactivate-location-aware-browsing-in-firefox-3.5/comment-page-1/#comment-73512 Television Spy Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:15:08 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/?p=1672#comment-73512 Wow that's an impressive feature, but they need to have it disabled by default. Scary privacy wise. Wow that’s an impressive feature, but they need to have it disabled by default. Scary privacy wise.

]]> By: LouCypher http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/1672/deactivate-location-aware-browsing-in-firefox-3.5/comment-page-1/#comment-73473 LouCypher Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:55:58 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/?p=1672#comment-73473 To modify/toggle the preference value, you can use double click as well. To modify/toggle the preference value, you can use double click as well.

]]> By: Jason http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/1672/deactivate-location-aware-browsing-in-firefox-3.5/comment-page-1/#comment-73471 Jason Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:53:25 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/?p=1672#comment-73471 So will this functionality allow international users to finally watch shows on Hulu?? Hope so! So will this functionality allow international users to finally watch shows on Hulu?? Hope so!

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