HTML5 Geolocation API - BrowserLeaks

The Geolocation API gives websites access to a high-level interface that allows them to query physical location information such as latitude and longitude, ... BrowserLeaksHomePageIPAddressJavaScriptWebRTCLeakTestCanvasFingerprintWebGLReportFontFingerprintingSSLClientTestGeolocationAPIFeaturesDetectionContentFiltersJavaAppletFlashPlayerSilverlightMoreToolsSettingsJavaScriptDisabled–GeolocationAPIisapartofHTML5andisaccessibleviaJavaScriptTheGeolocationAPIgiveswebsitesaccesstoahigh-levelinterfacethatallowsthemtoqueryphysicallocationinformationsuchaslatitudeandlongitude,therebybreakingtheuser'sanonymity.ThispagewillcheckiftheGeolocationAPIworksinyourbrowser,showallthedatathatcanberetrieved,andensurethatwebsiteswillnotaccesstheAPIwithoutyourexplicitpermission.PermissionsAPIOriginPermissions✔"granted"–youallowbrowserleaks.comtorequestyourlocation?"prompt"–youaskwhenbrowserleaks.comtriestorequestyourlocation×"denied"–youdon'tallowbrowserleaks.comtorequestyourlocationGlobalPermissions✔"granted"–youallowallthird-partywebsitestorequestyourlocation?"prompt"–youaskwhenthird-partywebsitestrytorequestyourlocation×"denied"–youdon'tallowthird-partywebsitestorequestyourlocationGeolocationAPIAPIStatus✔YourbrowsersupportsGeolocationAPI×Yourbrowserdoesn'tsupportGeolocationAPIwatchPositionWatchPositionisnotactive(geolocationisupdatingasitchanges)getCurrentPositionGetCurrentPositionGeolocationDatarawvaluesCacheAgeLatitudeLongitudeAccuracyAltitudeAltitudeAccuracyHeadingSpeedReverseGeocodingLoadingmapshasbeendisabledbyPrivacySettings.ShowMapTheAPIallowswebsitestomake«one-shot»locationqueries(getCurrentPosition)ormultiplepositionupdates(watchPosition)totracktheuser'sheadingandspeed.CommonsourcesoflocationinformationincludeGlobalPositioningSystem(GPS)andlocationinferredfromnetworksignalssuchasIPaddress,RFID,WiFiandBluetoothMACaddresses,andGSM/CDMAcellIDs,aswellasuserinput.Fordeviceswithoutspecialsensors(e.g.,adesktopcomputerwithawiredconnection)HTML5GeolocationwillmatchIPaddresslocation.WhenyouchangetheIPcountryusingVPNorproxy,theGeolocationAPIwillshowyourlocationaccordingtoGeoIP.FurtherReadingUsingtheGeolocationAPI–MDNGeolocationAPISpecificationLeaveaComment(50)AlwaysShowComments