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Location Guard by Kostas Chatzikokolakis, Marco Stronati

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  • by fradadf, 5 years ago
    🚫DO NOT USE THIS. THIS IS NOT WORKING.

    Developer response

    posted 5 years ago
    Thanks for your review. Can you please elaborate no it? What are you trying to achieve using Location Guard?

    You can also report bugs here: https://github.com/chatziko/location-guard/issues
  • by Firefox user 15841750, 5 years ago
  • by DH, 5 years ago
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  • by Firefox user 12990002, 6 years ago
    Well it works, but be nice to have the gps lat and log boxes to add the location there. Despite moving the location on the map it will put you somewhere else nearby, so takes some practice to get it right

    Update
    Well in firefox windows 10 im still getting asked to allow, even though its set to fixed, and its giving real location, this is on main pc, laptop is ok?

    Developer response

    posted 6 years ago
    Thanks for the feedback! If you think that this is a bug, can you please report it in https://github.com/chatziko/location-guard/issues, with enough information to have it fixed?
  • by Firefox user 14430206, 6 years ago
    Since this doesn't work, what should we use?
  • by Nico, 7 years ago
    Sorry is this is firefoxs fault but I funny enough would like to "fake" my real location on my PC because it actually does not have any GPS. And the modern web is all about smartphones and GPS so there is a app I actually can't use because of no location send. But even the example fails with "Geolocation error: Unknown error acquiring position." When I set my location and then click the location button. And yes I have given it permission.

    Firefox 61.0.1 (64-Bit) Kubuntu 18.04

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    Thanks for your report. Not sure what's happening but this does not seem normal. Could you please open an issue here with more info so that we track the problem?

    https://github.com/chatziko/location-guard/issues
  • by Firefox user 13971763, 7 years ago
    Not working at all

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    Hello, please feel free to report this issue and provide more information here:
    https://github.com/chatziko/location-guard/issues

    I'm not sure what issue you are experiencing, but note that Location Guard is not meant to protect against IP-based geolocation, but instead to protect the location exposed via javascript. You can find more information about this here:
    https://github.com/chatziko/location-guard/#why-some-websites-detect-my-location-although-i-use-location-guard
  • by Firefox user 13650492, 7 years ago
    Does not work with vrv.co

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    Hello, vrv.co is almost certainly using your IP to detect your country.

    Location Guard is not _meant_ to protect against that (no browser extention can), but instead to protect the location exposed via javascript. You can find more information about this here:

    https://github.com/chatziko/location-guard/#why-some-websites-detect-my-location-although-i-use-location-guard
  • by Firefox user 12312529, 7 years ago
    It doesn't work on 57.0.1 but I can't see an advise on this regard. I can't even see the icon anywhere. Demo seems to work but obviously is a fake demo not a real one.

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    Hello and thanks for your report.

    The extension should work on 57.0.1. The icon appears _only_ when a page asks for your location. Try this demo:
    https://html5demos.com/geo/

    If you don't see an icon after opening the above page, please report the bug here:
    https://github.com/chatziko/location-guard/issues

    Thanks!