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 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.
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/geolocation/ says everything to the contrary.
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