Thursday, April 28, 2011

The Firefox browser is reporting your location too

That is not an obvious statement just because they ask you on websites like gasbuddy.com (click Stations Near Me).

There's more to it.

Two days ago in Microsoft collects locations of Windows phone users the cabal eased into yet more nonsense that wasn't admitted until they were caught:

Windows Phone 7, supported by manufacturers including Dell, HTC, LG, Nokia, and Samsung, transmits to Microsoft a miniature data dump including a unique device ID, details about nearby Wi-Fi networks, and the phone's GPS-derived exact latitude and longitude.

and

According to a Web page in the "Help and How-To" section of the Windows Phone site, Microsoft has assembled a database with the "location of certain mobile cell towers and Wi-Fi access points" so a mobile device can determine its location more quickly, and with less battery drain, than if only GPS was used. Relying exclusively on GPS would have a negative "impact on mobile phone users by increasing data charges and draining the battery," the company says.

The "safe" browser Firefox on your desktop or laptop features the same points:

When you visit a location-aware website, Firefox will ask you if you want to share your location.

If you consent, Firefox gathers information about nearby wireless access points and your computer’s IP address. Then Firefox sends this information to the default geolocation service provider, Google Location Services, to get an estimate of your location. That location estimate is then shared with the requesting website.

If you say that you do not consent, Firefox will not do anything.

and

By default, Firefox uses Google Location Services to determine your location by sending:

your computer’s IP address,
information about the nearby wireless access points, and
a random client identifier, which is assigned by Google, that expires every 2 weeks.

Please note ! The identifier is issued by Google. Google issues the identifier for themselves, too, at minimum.

Returning to Microsoft, Google and Apple, why does this matter ?

Police and intelligence officers aren't allowed to deploy a drift gill net because of the Fourth Amendment:

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Did you stage 9/11 on the anniversary of the 11 September 9 Battle of the Teutoburg Forest that the Bilderberg Group and others' ancestors used to change the course of history through treason against lawful government ?

Or did the Evil Ones who haven't issued a 9/11 warrant for bin Laden as of this writing ?

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