Location-aware browsing won't turn off!! Google is tracking me!
I followed the directions to turn off location-aware browsing: about:config geo:enabled double-click to turn off. Yet google is still able to identify my location. I have no google tool bar and I specifically turned off my location share for google in the tools page info menu. Yet they can still identify my browsing location! How do I turn it off!?
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Websites can do a reverse DNS lookup of your IP to get your location.
I have just done the double click and it hasn't worked either. I am working in France and want to search .co.uk and it just sends me french sites. utterly pointless and completely against privacy rights. I'm just getting totally fed-up with ads that "think" they know what I want to look at and in fact are getting on my nerves so I won't buy with those companies - this is not right and its not working - please tell me how to turn it off. I'd like to know urgently.
I work in Thailand and I don't want Thai results. I just want google.com, but it keeps giving me google.co.th no matter what I do! I have turned off location awareness in firefox per the instructions to no avail. I ABSOLUTELY DO NOT WANT THAI SEARCH RESULTS!!!
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There should be a link at the bottom of a local Google site to go to the Google.com website or use http://www.google.com/ncr
You need to create an allow exception to keep cookies for Google to save that setting, otherwise you have to repeat it.
- Tools > Page Info > Permissions
- Tools > Options > Privacy > Cookies: Exceptions
Thank you, cor-el. The first link, at the bottom of Google's page, only took me to "co.th". It didn't matter whether I deleted all the cookies or manually typed in ".com". However, the 2nd "ncr" link did the trick. Many thanks for such a very quick and fine response!
Modified by dkstoney
You're welcome