Chrome-Stats extension
Location Guard
Protect Your Privacy with Fake Location Data in Google Edge Browser
Stats
- http://*/*
- https://*/*
- storage
- cookies
- tabs
- <all_urls>
Chrome-Stats Rank
Summary
Modern browsers such as Google Edge can tell websites where you're located in order to provide location-aware functionality. Your geographic location obtained via JavaScript is often highly accurate, which can be a violation of your privacy.
This extension allows enjoying geolocation applications while protecting your privacy, by reporting a fake location to websites, after adding a certain amount of "noise" to the real one. The noise is randomly selected in a way that protects the real location from being accurately inferred. There's also an option to use a fixed location, instead of adding noise to the real one.
IMPORTANT: Location Guard protects against JavaScript-based geolocation (which has very high accuracy), NOT IP-based geolocation (which typically has low accuracy). If a website detects your coarse location from your IP address, then use a VPN, Location Guard is not meant to solve this problem.
To report an issue with Location Guard please use the following page: https://github.com/chatziko/location-guard/issues
User reviews
User reviews summary
Pros
- Easy to use
- Effective in protecting privacy
- Seamless location control
- User-friendly
- Reliable performance
Cons
Most mentioned
- Protecting privacy
- Controlling location information
- User-friendly
- Effective in masking location
- Seamless location control
Recent reviews
Safety
Risk impact
Location Guard is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Location Guard if you trust the publisher.
Risk likelihood
Location Guard is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.