Re: Location-Aware Browsing problem
Paul B. Gallagher pau...@pbgdashtranslations.com wrote: David E. Ross wrote: While some servers seem to know where I am, enough servers are mistaken to provide me with a feeling that I am somewhat incognito. And even the most accurate geolocators have me in the wrong county. Nobody really knows where you are. All they can do is look up the address of your ISP (the owner of your IP address); some provide more accuracy or detail than others. Point is, they only know where your ISP is. That is simply not correct. There are different ways the different services operate, and some of them use basic informations like the whois data. They usually locate you in the city where the headquarter of your ISP is. However, newer services actually collect information from more sources that have more detail. E.g. sites where you select your location to get the local news or weather. Furthermore, when they don't have detailed info about your address, they look at other addresses nearby. How well this works depends on the technology and topology of the network your ISP uses. Some assign subnets to local segments and it is very accurate, others use technologies like PPPoE or PPTP to create a tunnel per user to some central router, and adjacency of IP address means nothing w.r.t. location. Until you have provided them the info they need, your location may be wrong. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Location-Aware Browsing problem
Paul wrote: Jim Dell wrote: I am having a problem with Location-Aware Browsing with SeaMonkey 2.22.1 on my desktop Windows 7 64 bit PC. It thinks I am in Dallas, Texas when I am in Dayton Ohio. On MyYahoo page when I click on detect my location I get the error message “Browser timed out getting your location” In About:config geo.enabled is set to default boolean true Anybody got any clues on how to fix this? Works OK on my Windows 8 laptop. Who is says that you are at the ATT offices are in Richardson: NNTP-Posting-Host: 99.67.188.36 OrgName:ATT Internet Services OrgId: SIS-80 Address:2701 N. Central Expwy # 2205.15 City: Richardson StateProv: TX PostalCode: 75080 However, IP location lookup puts your location in Dayton. Apparently Yahoo is looking at Who Is data instead of location data. Talk to Yahoo about that. It seems to be working now and I didn't change anything. But it still gets the error message “Browser timed out getting your location” Jim ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Location-Aware Browsing problem
Jim Dell wrote: I am having a problem with Location-Aware Browsing with SeaMonkey 2.22.1 on my desktop Windows 7 64 bit PC. It thinks I am in Dallas, Texas when I am in Dayton Ohio. On MyYahoo page when I click on detect my location I get the error message “Browser timed out getting your location” In About:config geo.enabled is set to default boolean true Anybody got any clues on how to fix this? Works OK on my Windows 8 laptop. Jim, how are you connecting to the Internet?? I use a 3G, USB Dongle to connect via Wireless, so any geo-locating on me says I am wherever the wireless link switches to land line (or something like that). Last time I checked, I was showing up as being on the Australian Gold Coast, approx 1200km (700mls) from my actual location. -- Daniel User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:25.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/25.0 SeaMonkey/2.22 Build identifier: 20131023190953 or User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:25.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/25.0 SeaMonkey/2.22 Build identifier: 20131023190942 ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Location-Aware Browsing problem
Daniel wrote: Jim Dell wrote: I am having a problem with Location-Aware Browsing with SeaMonkey 2.22.1 on my desktop Windows 7 64 bit PC. It thinks I am in Dallas, Texas when I am in Dayton Ohio. On MyYahoo page when I click on detect my location I get the error message “Browser timed out getting your location” In About:config geo.enabled is set to default boolean true Anybody got any clues on how to fix this? Works OK on my Windows 8 laptop. Jim, how are you connecting to the Internet?? I use a 3G, USB Dongle to connect via Wireless, so any geo-locating on me says I am wherever the wireless link switches to land line (or something like that). Last time I checked, I was showing up as being on the Australian Gold Coast, approx 1200km (700mls) from my actual location. Hardwired with an Cat 5 cable. Jim ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Location-Aware Browsing problem
Jim Dell wrote: Daniel wrote: Jim Dell wrote: I am having a problem with Location-Aware Browsing with SeaMonkey 2.22.1 on my desktop Windows 7 64 bit PC. It thinks I am in Dallas, Texas when I am in Dayton Ohio. On MyYahoo page when I click on detect my location I get the error message “Browser timed out getting your location” In About:config geo.enabled is set to default boolean true Anybody got any clues on how to fix this? Works OK on my Windows 8 laptop. Jim, how are you connecting to the Internet?? I use a 3G, USB Dongle to connect via Wireless, so any geo-locating on me says I am wherever the wireless link switches to land line (or something like that). Last time I checked, I was showing up as being on the Australian Gold Coast, approx 1200km (700mls) from my actual location. Hardwired with an Cat 5 cable. Jim Oh, well!! I tried!! -- Daniel User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:26.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/26.0 SeaMonkey/2.23 Build identifier: 20131203183810 or User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:25.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/25.0 SeaMonkey/2.22 Build identifier: 20131023190942 ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Location-Aware Browsing problem
On 12/11/2013 6:35 PM, Jim Dell wrote: I am having a problem with Location-Aware Browsing with SeaMonkey 2.22.1 on my desktop Windows 7 64 bit PC. It thinks I am in Dallas, Texas when I am in Dayton Ohio. On MyYahoo page when I click on detect my location I get the error message “Browser timed out getting your location” In About:config geo.enabled is set to default boolean true Anybody got any clues on how to fix this? Works OK on my Windows 8 laptop. I installed the SecretAgent extension from https://www.Dephormation.org.uk/SecretAgent/. It makes servers think I am jumping all over the world. -- David E. Ross http://www.rossde.com/ Where does your elected official stand? Which politicians refuse to tell us where they stand? See the non-partisan Project Vote Smart at http://votesmart.org/. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Location-Aware Browsing problem
Jim Dell wrote: I am having a problem with Location-Aware Browsing with SeaMonkey 2.22.1 on my desktop Windows 7 64 bit PC. It thinks I am in Dallas, Texas when I am in Dayton Ohio. On MyYahoo page when I click on detect my location I get the error message “Browser timed out getting your location” In About:config geo.enabled is set to default boolean true Anybody got any clues on how to fix this? Works OK on my Windows 8 laptop. Who is says that you are at the ATT offices are in Richardson: NNTP-Posting-Host: 99.67.188.36 OrgName:ATT Internet Services OrgId: SIS-80 Address:2701 N. Central Expwy # 2205.15 City: Richardson StateProv: TX PostalCode: 75080 However, IP location lookup puts your location in Dayton. Apparently Yahoo is looking at Who Is data instead of location data. Talk to Yahoo about that. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Location-Aware Browsing problem
David E. Ross wrote: On 12/11/2013 6:35 PM, Jim Dell wrote: I am having a problem with Location-Aware Browsing with SeaMonkey 2.22.1 on my desktop Windows 7 64 bit PC. It thinks I am in Dallas, Texas when I am in Dayton Ohio. On MyYahoo page when I click on detect my location I get the error message “Browser timed out getting your location” In About:config geo.enabled is set to default boolean true Anybody got any clues on how to fix this? Works OK on my Windows 8 laptop. I installed the SecretAgent extension from https://www.Dephormation.org.uk/SecretAgent/. It makes servers think I am jumping all over the world. I think that just changes your user agent string. Location ip should remain the same unless you are using a proxy server. AGOURA%20HILLS,CALIFORNIA,US but that could be Giganews server loc. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Location-Aware Browsing problem
On 12/12/2013 11:43 AM, Paul wrote: David E. Ross wrote: On 12/11/2013 6:35 PM, Jim Dell wrote: I am having a problem with Location-Aware Browsing with SeaMonkey 2.22.1 on my desktop Windows 7 64 bit PC. It thinks I am in Dallas, Texas when I am in Dayton Ohio. On MyYahoo page when I click on detect my location I get the error message “Browser timed out getting your location” In About:config geo.enabled is set to default boolean true Anybody got any clues on how to fix this? Works OK on my Windows 8 laptop. I installed the SecretAgent extension from https://www.Dephormation.org.uk/SecretAgent/. It makes servers think I am jumping all over the world. I think that just changes your user agent string. Location ip should remain the same unless you are using a proxy server. AGOURA%20HILLS,CALIFORNIA,US but that could be Giganews server loc. When I go to certain search engines, news sites, or Internet speed tests, the results are as if I were in a completely different nation or even continent. I have geolocation disabled. By the wayk, Agoura Hills is nearby but not in the same county as I am. -- David E. Ross http://www.rossde.com/ Where does your elected official stand? Which politicians refuse to tell us where they stand? See the non-partisan Project Vote Smart at http://votesmart.org/. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Location-Aware Browsing problem
On 12/12/2013 12:40 PM, David E. Ross wrote: On 12/12/2013 11:43 AM, Paul wrote: David E. Ross wrote: On 12/11/2013 6:35 PM, Jim Dell wrote: I am having a problem with Location-Aware Browsing with SeaMonkey 2.22.1 on my desktop Windows 7 64 bit PC. It thinks I am in Dallas, Texas when I am in Dayton Ohio. On MyYahoo page when I click on detect my location I get the error message “Browser timed out getting your location” In About:config geo.enabled is set to default boolean true Anybody got any clues on how to fix this? Works OK on my Windows 8 laptop. I installed the SecretAgent extension from https://www.Dephormation.org.uk/SecretAgent/. It makes servers think I am jumping all over the world. I think that just changes your user agent string. Location ip should remain the same unless you are using a proxy server. AGOURA%20HILLS,CALIFORNIA,US but that could be Giganews server loc. When I go to certain search engines, news sites, or Internet speed tests, the results are as if I were in a completely different nation or even continent. I have geolocation disabled. By the wayk, Agoura Hills is nearby but not in the same county as I am. I went to the Web page at http://www.geoip.co.uk/; it said I was in Taiwan. I reloaded that page; it then said I was in Italy. I reloaded again; it said I was in Chile. Each time, it displayed a different IP address for me. At http://justmyip.org/, it had an Agoura Hills location with two IP addresses. The first one belongs to the Intel Corporation for a location about 350 miles away; I don't know why it appears. The second one is what IP Chicken at http://www.ipchicken.com/ says is assigned by my ISP to my connection. GeoIPPro at http://geoipro.mooo.com/, IP2Location at http://www.ip2location.com/, and IPligence at http://www.ipligence.com/geolocation both show the same IP address as IP Chicken, again at Agoura Hills. Geolocation | Where Am I? at http://htmlfive.appspot.com/static/whereami.html puts me in the vicinity of Stanford University, about 325 miles away. Ookla's Speedtest at http://www.speedtest.net/ thought I was on the southern coast of Brasil. Reloading placed me in Germany, Although it does not attempt to show my location by name, DSLReports' speed tests at http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest seem to know where I am. It knows approximately how far I am from the test servers. While some servers seem to know where I am, enough servers are mistaken to provide me with a feeling that I am somewhat incognito. And even the most accurate geolocators have me in the wrong county. -- David E. Ross http://www.rossde.com/ Where does your elected official stand? Which politicians refuse to tell us where they stand? See the non-partisan Project Vote Smart at http://votesmart.org/. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Location-Aware Browsing problem
David E. Ross wrote: While some servers seem to know where I am, enough servers are mistaken to provide me with a feeling that I am somewhat incognito. And even the most accurate geolocators have me in the wrong county. Nobody really knows where you are. All they can do is look up the address of your ISP (the owner of your IP address); some provide more accuracy or detail than others. Point is, they only know where your ISP is. geoip.co.uk read my IP address correctly, and provided a decent estimate of latitude and longitude in the U.S., but when I tried their whois lookup, it failed because I wasn't accepting their cookie. justmyip.org also read my IP address correctly, and identified my ISP correctly, but for some reason it showed a map of some place in California. ipchicken.com also read my IP address correctly, but provided no ISP or location info. Etc. -- War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left. -- Paul B. Gallagher ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Location-Aware Browsing problem
I am having a problem with Location-Aware Browsing with SeaMonkey 2.22.1 on my desktop Windows 7 64 bit PC. It thinks I am in Dallas, Texas when I am in Dayton Ohio. On MyYahoo page when I click on detect my location I get the error message “Browser timed out getting your location” In About:config geo.enabled is set to default boolean true Anybody got any clues on how to fix this? Works OK on my Windows 8 laptop. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Location-Aware Browsing
David E. Ross wrote: On 12/17/10 9:24 PM, WLS wrote: David E. Ross wrote: On 12/16/10 11:02 PM, Paul wrote: David E. Ross wrote: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.16) Gecko/20101123 SeaMonkey/2.0.11 I just did a search in Google for Supercuts. At the top of the list was a map of the area where I live, showing the location of the nearest Supercuts store to my house. I have the preference variable geo.enabled set to false. I have no cookies set for Supercuts. The only cookie I have for Google resulted from my setting my search preferences; in those preferences, I left my location blank. Why does it appear that I'm still getting location-aware browsing? Your address is broadcast to who ever you connect to (and more). Currently its: 76.173.11.77 IP Information - 76.173.11.77 Host name cpe-76-173-11-77.socal.res.rr.com Country United States United States Country CodeUS Region California CityAgoura Hills Postal Code 91301 Latitude34.1267 Longitude -118.7648 Area Code 818 DMA Code803 Also, make sure you clean your flash cookies because every flash site you have visited is stored on your computer. This last thing is also a problem. I have FlashBlock installed and enabled. Still, I get Flash cookies stored on my hard drive. The Better Privacy extension finds the directory where flash cookies are stored and deletes them. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/seamonkey/addon/6623/ WLS I just installed Better Privacy 1.48.3 for one of my profiles. I set it to clear Flash cookies on startup instead of shutdown. Since Flash cookies are all stored in one directory without regard for profiles (at least under Windows XP with only one user) and since the profile where it is installed is the one I usually use when starting SeaMonkey, I don't think I need this extension in my other profiles. I will monitor the situation to see if my conjecture is correct. It is the same with openSUSE Linux. I have the extension installed in this version of SeaMonkey, but have it set to clear on shutdown. WLS -- SeaMonkey 2.1b2pre ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Location-Aware Browsing
On 12/17/10 7:43 AM, David E. Ross wrote: On 12/16/10 11:02 PM, Paul wrote: David E. Ross wrote: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.16) Gecko/20101123 SeaMonkey/2.0.11 I just did a search in Google for Supercuts. At the top of the list was a map of the area where I live, showing the location of the nearest Supercuts store to my house. I have the preference variable geo.enabled set to false. I have no cookies set for Supercuts. The only cookie I have for Google resulted from my setting my search preferences; in those preferences, I left my location blank. Why does it appear that I'm still getting location-aware browsing? Your address is broadcast to who ever you connect to (and more). Currently its: 76.173.11.77 IP Information - 76.173.11.77 Host namecpe-76-173-11-77.socal.res.rr.com Country United States United States Country Code US Region California City Agoura Hills Postal Code 91301 Latitude 34.1267 Longitude-118.7648 Area Code818 DMA Code 803 Also, make sure you clean your flash cookies because every flash site you have visited is stored on your computer. This last thing is also a problem. I have FlashBlock installed and enabled. Still, I get Flash cookies stored on my hard drive. Oops! Because some sites use JavaScript to be very annoying (e.g., poping up large tool-tips that I don't want to see), I sometimes disable JavaScript. However, FlashBlock requires JavaScript to be enabled. This explains the Flash cookies that I did not expect. -- David E. Ross http://www.rossde.com/ On occasion, I might filter and ignore all newsgroup messages posted through GoogleGroups via Google's G2/1.0 user agent because of spam from that source. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Location-Aware Browsing
Super AntiSpyware (free edition exists) can find and clean too. :) On 12/17/2010 9:48 AM PT, L. Mark Hall typed: The CCleaner app identifies and removes flash cookies. Running it regularly to get rid of your stored internet files is a good step. You can have CCleaner secure wipe files if you want some extra peace of mind. -- Cheerios: Hula-hoops for ants. --unknown /\___/\ Phil./Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) / /\ /\ \Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net | |o o| | \ _ /If crediting, then use Ant nickname and AQFL URL/link. ( ) If e-mailing, then axe ANT from its address if needed. Ant is/was listening to a song on this computer: R-Type I.hes ($2D) ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Location-Aware Browsing
On 12/16/10 11:02 PM, Paul wrote: David E. Ross wrote: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.16) Gecko/20101123 SeaMonkey/2.0.11 I just did a search in Google for Supercuts. At the top of the list was a map of the area where I live, showing the location of the nearest Supercuts store to my house. I have the preference variable geo.enabled set to false. I have no cookies set for Supercuts. The only cookie I have for Google resulted from my setting my search preferences; in those preferences, I left my location blank. Why does it appear that I'm still getting location-aware browsing? Your address is broadcast to who ever you connect to (and more). Currently its: 76.173.11.77 IP Information - 76.173.11.77 Host name cpe-76-173-11-77.socal.res.rr.com Country United States United States Country Code US RegionCalifornia City Agoura Hills Postal Code 91301 Latitude 34.1267 Longitude -118.7648 Area Code 818 DMA Code 803 Also, make sure you clean your flash cookies because every flash site you have visited is stored on your computer. This last thing is also a problem. I have FlashBlock installed and enabled. Still, I get Flash cookies stored on my hard drive. -- David E. Ross http://www.rossde.com/ On occasion, I might filter and ignore all newsgroup messages posted through GoogleGroups via Google's G2/1.0 user agent because of spam from that source. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Location-Aware Browsing
The CCleaner app identifies and removes flash cookies. Running it regularly to get rid of your stored internet files is a good step. You can have CCleaner secure wipe files if you want some extra peace of mind. LMH David E. Ross wrote: On 12/16/10 11:02 PM, Paul wrote: David E. Ross wrote: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.16) Gecko/20101123 SeaMonkey/2.0.11 I just did a search in Google for Supercuts. At the top of the list was a map of the area where I live, showing the location of the nearest Supercuts store to my house. I have the preference variable geo.enabled set to false. I have no cookies set for Supercuts. The only cookie I have for Google resulted from my setting my search preferences; in those preferences, I left my location blank. Why does it appear that I'm still getting location-aware browsing? Your address is broadcast to who ever you connect to (and more). Currently its: 76.173.11.77 IP Information - 76.173.11.77 Host name cpe-76-173-11-77.socal.res.rr.com Country United States United States Country CodeUS Region California CityAgoura Hills Postal Code 91301 Latitude34.1267 Longitude -118.7648 Area Code 818 DMA Code803 Also, make sure you clean your flash cookies because every flash site you have visited is stored on your computer. This last thing is also a problem. I have FlashBlock installed and enabled. Still, I get Flash cookies stored on my hard drive. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Location-Aware Browsing
David E. Ross wrote: On 12/16/10 11:02 PM, Paul wrote: David E. Ross wrote: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.16) Gecko/20101123 SeaMonkey/2.0.11 I just did a search in Google for Supercuts. At the top of the list was a map of the area where I live, showing the location of the nearest Supercuts store to my house. I have the preference variable geo.enabled set to false. I have no cookies set for Supercuts. The only cookie I have for Google resulted from my setting my search preferences; in those preferences, I left my location blank. Why does it appear that I'm still getting location-aware browsing? Your address is broadcast to who ever you connect to (and more). Currently its: 76.173.11.77 IP Information - 76.173.11.77 Host name cpe-76-173-11-77.socal.res.rr.com Country United States United States Country CodeUS Region California CityAgoura Hills Postal Code 91301 Latitude34.1267 Longitude -118.7648 Area Code 818 DMA Code803 Also, make sure you clean your flash cookies because every flash site you have visited is stored on your computer. This last thing is also a problem. I have FlashBlock installed and enabled. Still, I get Flash cookies stored on my hard drive. I made a small bat file to remove them. I click it manually but could use tasks or scheduler to do it auto. del.bat with a short cut on the desktop. C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\del.bat rd Macromedia \*.* /s /q ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Location-Aware Browsing
David E. Ross wrote: On 12/16/10 11:02 PM, Paul wrote: David E. Ross wrote: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.16) Gecko/20101123 SeaMonkey/2.0.11 I just did a search in Google for Supercuts. At the top of the list was a map of the area where I live, showing the location of the nearest Supercuts store to my house. I have the preference variable geo.enabled set to false. I have no cookies set for Supercuts. The only cookie I have for Google resulted from my setting my search preferences; in those preferences, I left my location blank. Why does it appear that I'm still getting location-aware browsing? Your address is broadcast to who ever you connect to (and more). Currently its: 76.173.11.77 IP Information - 76.173.11.77 Host name cpe-76-173-11-77.socal.res.rr.com Country United States United States Country CodeUS Region California CityAgoura Hills Postal Code 91301 Latitude34.1267 Longitude -118.7648 Area Code 818 DMA Code803 Also, make sure you clean your flash cookies because every flash site you have visited is stored on your computer. This last thing is also a problem. I have FlashBlock installed and enabled. Still, I get Flash cookies stored on my hard drive. The Better Privacy extension finds the directory where flash cookies are stored and deletes them. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/seamonkey/addon/6623/ WLS -- SeaMonkey 2.1b2pre ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Location-Aware Browsing
On 12/17/10 9:24 PM, WLS wrote: David E. Ross wrote: On 12/16/10 11:02 PM, Paul wrote: David E. Ross wrote: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.16) Gecko/20101123 SeaMonkey/2.0.11 I just did a search in Google for Supercuts. At the top of the list was a map of the area where I live, showing the location of the nearest Supercuts store to my house. I have the preference variable geo.enabled set to false. I have no cookies set for Supercuts. The only cookie I have for Google resulted from my setting my search preferences; in those preferences, I left my location blank. Why does it appear that I'm still getting location-aware browsing? Your address is broadcast to who ever you connect to (and more). Currently its: 76.173.11.77 IP Information - 76.173.11.77 Host name cpe-76-173-11-77.socal.res.rr.com Country United States United States Country CodeUS Region California CityAgoura Hills Postal Code 91301 Latitude34.1267 Longitude -118.7648 Area Code 818 DMA Code803 Also, make sure you clean your flash cookies because every flash site you have visited is stored on your computer. This last thing is also a problem. I have FlashBlock installed and enabled. Still, I get Flash cookies stored on my hard drive. The Better Privacy extension finds the directory where flash cookies are stored and deletes them. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/seamonkey/addon/6623/ WLS I just installed Better Privacy 1.48.3 for one of my profiles. I set it to clear Flash cookies on startup instead of shutdown. Since Flash cookies are all stored in one directory without regard for profiles (at least under Windows XP with only one user) and since the profile where it is installed is the one I usually use when starting SeaMonkey, I don't think I need this extension in my other profiles. I will monitor the situation to see if my conjecture is correct. -- David E. Ross http://www.rossde.com/ On occasion, I might filter and ignore all newsgroup messages posted through GoogleGroups via Google's G2/1.0 user agent because of spam from that source. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Location-Aware Browsing
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.16) Gecko/20101123 SeaMonkey/2.0.11 I just did a search in Google for Supercuts. At the top of the list was a map of the area where I live, showing the location of the nearest Supercuts store to my house. I have the preference variable geo.enabled set to false. I have no cookies set for Supercuts. The only cookie I have for Google resulted from my setting my search preferences; in those preferences, I left my location blank. Why does it appear that I'm still getting location-aware browsing? -- David E. Ross http://www.rossde.com/ On occasion, I might filter and ignore all newsgroup messages posted through GoogleGroups via Google's G2/1.0 user agent because of spam from that source. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Location-Aware Browsing
David E. Ross wrote: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.16) Gecko/20101123 SeaMonkey/2.0.11 I just did a search in Google for Supercuts. At the top of the list was a map of the area where I live, showing the location of the nearest Supercuts store to my house. I have the preference variable geo.enabled set to false. I have no cookies set for Supercuts. The only cookie I have for Google resulted from my setting my search preferences; in those preferences, I left my location blank. Why does it appear that I'm still getting location-aware browsing? Your address is broadcast to who ever you connect to (and more). Currently its: 76.173.11.77 IP Information - 76.173.11.77 Host name cpe-76-173-11-77.socal.res.rr.com Country United States United States Country CodeUS Region California CityAgoura Hills Postal Code 91301 Latitude34.1267 Longitude -118.7648 Area Code 818 DMA Code803 Also, make sure you clean your flash cookies because every flash site you have visited is stored on your computer. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
