Chrome-Stats extension
Location Guard
Hide your geographic location from websites.
What is Location Guard?
Stats
- http://*/*
- https://*/*
- storage
Chrome-Stats Rank
Summary
Modern browsers such as Microsoft 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
- Allows for faster video streaming
- Easy to find and use in the store
- Provides free and fast access to YouTube videos
Cons
- Some users found it confusing
- One user mentioned the hope for better UX/UI design
Most mentioned
- ilink网络加速器
- YouTube
- High-definition video streaming
Recent reviews
Safety
Risk impact
Location Guard may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing.
Risk likelihood
Location Guard has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.