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how does firefox determine my geographic location?

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mickstottuk
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When I go on sites that determine your location I come up as being at various places between 40 and 200 miles from where I am. How can I set Firefox to know where I am?

When I go on sites that determine your location I come up as being at various places between 40 and 200 miles from where I am. How can I set Firefox to know where I am?

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cor-el
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You can use websites like these to see how your location is reported via a reverse DNS look up of your IP: