Comment Broken Geolocation Is Good (Score 1) 100
I use a browser extension called Secret Agent from https://www.dephormation.org.u.... This works with Gecko-based browsers (e.g., Firefox, SeaMonkey) on Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. It sends fake HTTP headers to confuse Web servers that are trying to track my browsing activities. This causes many geolocation routines to give wrong results. I have Secret Agent set to change its faked headers on every HTTP request sent from my browser.
While composing this comment, I tested a few sites. One had me on the coast of Argentina and then (same Web site) in eastern Michigan. GeoIP thinks I am in Indonesia. Although I am indeed in southern California, JustMyIP thinks I am two counties further south. Appspot thinks I am in Palo Alto, about 350 miles north of my home. IP Address Geolocation was the closest, thinking I am in Los Angeles. I am about a five-minute walk from the Los Angeles County line but about 8 miles from the Los Angeles City limits.
Between Secret Agent and setting my cookies file to "read only", I have some limited protection from tracking.