Change Geolocation (Location Guard)

Easily change your geographic location (Geolocation) to your desired one and protect your privacy.
What is Change Geolocation (Location Guard)?
'Change Geolocation (Location Guard)' is a Firefox extension that enables you to facilely adjust your actual geographical location to a preferred one, consequently protecting your privacy. This tool's versatility allows the setting of other variables in the geolocation API aside from latitude and longitude. An accessible toolbar button serves as an ON|OFF switch for the add-on, thus making its activation and deactivation swift and simple.
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Add-on stats

By: ilGur
Users: 4,025 ▲ 26
Rating: 2.94 (32)
Version: 0.1.4 (Last updated: 2020-05-09)
Creation date: 2018-02-06
Weekly download count: 160
Firefox on Android: Yes
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • *://*/*
  • storage
  • contextMenus
  • webNavigation
Size: 42.77K
URLs: Website

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# 1321 ▼ 7
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Add-on summary

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Change Geolocation (Location Guard) is a browser addon that let you easily change your geographic location to a desired value and protect your privacy.

Simply open addon's option page and set latitude and longitude for where you want the geolocation to be (default location is Greenwich, UK). Next, reload a page and check your location (i.e. webbrowsertools.com/geolocation/). Please note that, beside latitude and longitude you can set other variables in geolocation API (see options page). Moreover, pressing on the toolbar icon will activate or deactivate the addon.

Note 1: toolbar button serves as ON|OFF switch to activate and deactivate the addon. Green color is for ON and grey color is for OFF state.

Note 2: to report bugs, please fill the bug report form in the addon's homepage.

Review on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAyqf8I0KYA

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Works as advertised on some sites
  • Great for adjusting language settings based on location
  • Useful for accessing blocked content while overseas
Cons
  • Does not work on newer Firefox versions
  • Complicated and annoying to set up
  • IP address still shows real location
  • Lacks user-friendly map interface
  • Source code not available as claimed
Most mentioned
  • Does not work on recent Firefox versions
  • Complicated setup process
  • Inaccurate location results
  • Works on some test sites
Recent reviews
Scam, cant change location, plugin made for old version of f'fox. Nie działa, nie da się wybrać. Wtyczka na stare wersje firefoxa.
by szarpii, 2024-09-08
by whthawk, 2024-03-21
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Change Geolocation (Location Guard) requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Change Geolocation (Location Guard) has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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