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    Firefox users gain location tool

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7659497.stm
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    Mozilla, the company behind the Firefox browser, has released technology that helps websites detect the physical location of computers.
    Good thing?
    Bad thing?

    http://labs.mozilla.com/2008/10/introducing-geode/
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    Re: Firefox users gain location tool

    It's always been there
    I used the free IP Database thing for my sig to detect the country, and that's all it can do is detect your country not your city or borough unless you add that information to their database but what with the dynamic ip's it would be inaccurate so for now countries is the closest they can locate to.

    Although for this one it seems you have to hand over the details where you are? I don't see how that can be a bad thing if it isn't given automatically.

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