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How is firefox focus/google accessing my location?

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pkaliskj
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Firefox focus never has access to my location on my phone but when i went to maps.google.com while on vacation in mexico city it opened uo right to mexico city. What can i do to stop google and the world from knowing where i am?? I thought i was doing everything i can

Firefox focus never has access to my location on my phone but when i went to maps.google.com while on vacation in mexico city it opened uo right to mexico city. What can i do to stop google and the world from knowing where i am?? I thought i was doing everything i can

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Kevin
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Websites know your rough location by IP address.

IP addresses are assigned to companies that provide addresses to customers. Those companies only operate in specific regions. This can narrow the IP address to a specific state or province. More data can be discovered when customers make searches or use websites that are location specific that data is recorded and linked to that IP address. Examples of this are reading local newspapers or looking up local weather can be used to determine the rough location of an individual IP address. Assuming the user's location by IP address is not always correct. While on my mobile provider network sometimes I am thought to be in in a city around 300 km away.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geolocation_software

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_analytics#Geolocation_of_visitors