Firefox asked me about sharing Geo info today. I don't often use Firefox but I had this thread in mind and noted it. I said no. On Oct 26, 2013 6:28 PM, "staticsafe" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 10/26/2013 16:24, 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. >> >> >> > What? > > Citations please. > > http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/**firefox/geolocation/<http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/geolocation/>says > everything to the contrary. > > -- > staticsafe > O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org > Please don't top post. It is not logical. > Please don't CC me! I'm subscribed to whatever list I just posted on. >
