I think it is a bad idea to have this turned on by default. There is too little privacy already and anything that triangulates you is a weapon sooner or later. I have been reading Mozilla's Geolocation page and wondering why the permissions have been designed the way it is. The default is to share your location and to undo it, you have to do it site by site.
That is weird as you'd probably have to do it laboriously for each site.
Why not have a privacy tab panel to gather the sites that you have already given permission and nuke it selectively or all of them at one go?
Well, I have simply turned off the entire feature by changing the default in the about:config settings as mentioned in the above page.
That is weird as you'd probably have to do it laboriously for each site.
Why not have a privacy tab panel to gather the sites that you have already given permission and nuke it selectively or all of them at one go?
Well, I have simply turned off the entire feature by changing the default in the about:config settings as mentioned in the above page.
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In older versions of Firefox, the browser asked the user if they want to share their position with the site. Has that changed? (I don't use Firefox anymore)
Could be, I don't recollect any time that I gave permission to identify my location to any website.
weird it always ask for me before getting the location has stated on the webpage you mentioned :
How does it work?
When you visit a location-aware website, Firefox will ask you if you want to share your location.
If you consent, Firefox gathers information about nearby wireless access points and your computer’s IP address. Then Firefox sends this information to the default geolocation service provider, Google Location Services, to get an estimate of your location. That location estimate is then shared with the requesting website.
If you say that you do not consent, Firefox will not do anything.
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