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.