Does is possible blocking location/geo?

[antilocator]

Hi experts,
On a page is this script

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<script type="text/javascript">
if (top.location != self.location) { top.location = self.location.href }
</script>

[access2godzilla]

It's a framebuster, not a "geolocation" script.

Noscript doesn't block geolocation (if scripts are allowed) but FF should notify you that a site wants to know your location.

Also, most sites can know your location (without any user side scripting) since they can see the IP address you come from.

[antilocator]

Ok, thank you

[antilocator]

changing option geo.enabled ... false doesn't helped. Does Browser haven't possible detection of IP to prevent?

[access2godzilla]

changing option geo.enabled ... false doesn't helped. Does Browser haven't possible detection of IP to prevent?

No, nothing can really prevent a site from knowing your IP address, the browser must send out the computers IP address in order to get a response from the server.

It's like a letter you send - if you give out a wrong address, expect your replies to be sent to the wrong address.

[barbaz]

No, nothing can really prevent a site from knowing your IP address, the browser must send out the computers IP address in order to get a response from the server.

It's like a letter you send - if you give out a wrong address, expect your replies to be sent to the wrong address.

But if you use a proxy, then only the proxy will know your IP address. The website you're viewing will see the IP address of the proxy and thus not know your actual IP address.

Of course, you would have to trust the proxy not to leak sensitive data later or inject malware in the sites you're viewing. Which is why IMO it's actually safer to let websites see your real IP address.