Firefox asked me about sharing Geo info today.  I don't often use
   Firefox but I had this thread in mind and noted it.  I said no.

   On Oct 26, 2013 6:28 PM, "staticsafe" <[1]me@staticsafe.ca> wrote:

     On 10/26/2013 16:24, James A. Donald wrote:

     On 2013-10-27 00:53, Kelly John Rose wrote:

     Thunderbird sends gps to google? That seems a bit odd considering
     they
     are not connected.�

     Evil state sponsored conspiracy.  The Cathedral. I thought everyone
     knew
     this.
     Thunderbird/tools/options/advanced/config editor/geo.enabled.
     Set to disabled.
     Who on this list has not done so?
     Of course people usually use Thunderbird on their main computer,
     which
     generally does not have a gps, but it usually has a wifi card.
     Thunderbird detects the nearest wifi networks .
     When google does street view for Google Earth, they also detect
     nearby
     wifi networks, so the data supplied by Thunderbird is matched
     against
     the data collected by google during street view surveys.
     Thus, whenever and wherever you use Thunderbird, google can supply
     the
     authorities with the closest street address to where you are using
     Thunderbird, and pictures taken from the street very close to that
     address.  Thus the authorities not only have your email, which being
     sent in the clear has no expectation of privacy, but also a picture
     of
     building that you are sitting in when sending the email.

     What?
     Citations please.
     [2]http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/geolocation/ says everything
     to the contrary.
     --
     staticsafe
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     Please don't top post. It is not logical.
     Please don't CC me! I'm subscribed to whatever list I just posted
     on.

References

   1. mailto:me@staticsafe.ca
   2. http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/geolocation/
   3. http://www.asciiribbon.org/