On Wednesday 21 April 2010 16:20:57 erdun...@gmail.com wrote: > On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:01:20AM -0500, Paul Hartman wrote: > > There are already big sites like Twitter and Google Maps that use the > > geolocation API. Give it a try: http://www.google.com/maps/m > > > > If it is able to get your location, it should have a little dot in the > > bottom-right corner that will take you to your current location when > > clicked. > > > > The browser asks for your permission before giving your location away > > to a website, so there's no need to worry about privacy as far as I > > can tell. It is surprisingly accurate, I don't know what kind of magic > > they use but I live in a small town (1 square mile in size) and it was > > able to pinpoint me down to that level. Maybe from my search/browsing > > history? I don't know... maybe I don't want to know. :) > > I think it doesn't locate you but your dslam or its fiber or voiceband > equivalent. > Well, it's only a supposition and I may be all wrong but it sounds more > realistic than infering your physical location based on your browsing > history :D
"Your currnet location is unavailable" ... phew! I started to get paranoid with all this. ;-) -- Regards, Mick
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