Location aware srvices on FF 3.5
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| Author | Content |
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| tracyanne Jun 30, 2009 5:11 PM EDT |
Quoting:Now, you may ask why you'd want to allow your browser to let a web site know where you are. The Location-Aware Browsing feature will provide users with location specific information that relates to their local area, which can be helpful for online mapping applications or searching for nearby businesses, such as a local grocery store or movie theatre........ Interesting, my ISPs server is in Brisbane, about 400 KM away from where I live, so Geolocation based on my IP address will put me somewhere in the middle of Brisbane, meaning searches for the nearest Grocery store will recommend a 4 to 5 hour drive, for that bottle of milk, nice. |
| gus3 Jun 30, 2009 5:18 PM EDT |
Going through a cell phone can also have you located in three different states in one day, while you live in a fourth. |
| tracyanne Jun 30, 2009 5:29 PM EDT |
But but but... gus on TV they can locate you to within a few meters of your nearest terrorist hideout by triangulating on your mobile phone, and take high quality photos of you leaving from someone else's phone a mile up the street. Gosh darn it, another belief destroyed forever. |
| jdixon Jun 30, 2009 5:36 PM EDT |
> Gosh darn it, another belief destroyed forever. Give them time Tracyanne, give them time. :( |
| moopst Jun 30, 2009 6:33 PM EDT |
I managed to locate the ip address my infected Win98 system was communicating with to Fujan Provence, China. Google showed a big government looking building there, so I decided it wasn't worth it to complain. |
| gus3 Jun 30, 2009 7:11 PM EDT |
@tracyanne: Put some friction tape or gaffer's tape over the phone's camera lens, then soak the phone in acetone for at least 15 minutes. They won't be able to track you through your phone after that. |
| tracyanne Jun 30, 2009 9:15 PM EDT |
@gus, I think I'll just turn it off. |
| gus3 Jun 30, 2009 9:22 PM EDT |
Haven't you heard that they can turn it on from the tower? At least that's what one of the yokels here said two weeks ago. But now that it's on teh Intarwebs, it must be true, right? |
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