Mozilla Firefox has my location wrong how can I correct or disable it.
It appears that most sites get my location from Mozilla Firefox. It is constantly incorrect and moves around. Today it was someplace in Texas and I live in Ohio. This is a desktop computer and doesn't move. I have set it on several sites and I don't delete my cookies but somewhere along the line it gets changed. It appears it gets changed in my Mozilla Firefox. I know you go off the dsl location or something but it just doesn't work. Even when it gets me in Ohio it's constantly a different city. How can I get a permanent location in Mozilla Firefox or disable the location finder in Mozilla Firefox?
Allpa, you might as well give up. I've fought this for quite a while and tried everything people say and nothing will get Mozilla to show your true location. It's because whoever supplies your internet actually gets on the internet at different locations for whatever reason. People on here use lots of initials for things I don't know what they mean for sure. I've emptied stuff, turned stuff off, turned stuff on and generally I'm in a different city in Ohio every day. Occasionally I'm in Texas and rarely in some other state. To mess with people I search for the nearest pizza place and then click on all their ads. Somebody someplace is paying for ads that aren't doing any good. Makes me feel better.
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http://tinyurl.com/7ndy8tbhttp://tinyurl.com/7ndy8tb
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You may have to do this several times.
Saw this solution on another post about an iPad in a school environment. Might work on your iPad so you won't lose everything.
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‘iPad is disabled’ fix without resetting using iTunes
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