Same with Firefox I'm guessing? On Saturday, October 26, 2013, James A. Donald wrote:
> On 2013-10-27 00:53, Kelly John Rose wrote: > >> Thunderbird sends gps to google? That seems a bit odd considering they >> are not connected.� >> > > Evil state sponsored conspiracy. The Cathedral. I thought everyone knew > this. > > Thunderbird/tools/options/**advanced/config editor/geo.enabled. > > Set to disabled. > > Who on this list has not done so? > > Of course people usually use Thunderbird on their main computer, which > generally does not have a gps, but it usually has a wifi card. Thunderbird > detects the nearest wifi networks . > > When google does street view for Google Earth, they also detect nearby > wifi networks, so the data supplied by Thunderbird is matched against the > data collected by google during street view surveys. > > Thus, whenever and wherever you use Thunderbird, google can supply the > authorities with the closest street address to where you are using > Thunderbird, and pictures taken from the street very close to that address. > Thus the authorities not only have your email, which being sent in the > clear has no expectation of privacy, but also a picture of building that > you are sitting in when sending the email. > > > -- Kelly John Rose Toronto, ON Phone: +1 647 638-4104 Twitter: @kjrose Skype: kjrose.pr Gtalk: [email protected] MSN: [email protected] Document contents are confidential between original recipients and sender.
