Introduction
Are you concerned about your privacy while browsing the internet? With the increasing use of geolocation on websites, your real location can be easily tracked. But worry not! I have found a solution for you - Location Guard, a powerful Chrome extension that allows you to enjoy geolocation applications while protecting your privacy.
What is Location Guard?
Location Guard is a Chrome extension that provides a layer of protection against websites that try to track your real geolocation. By reporting a fake location and adding random "noise" to the real one, Location Guard ensures that your true location remains hidden.
How Does Location Guard Work?
When you enable Location Guard, the extension adds random noise to your real geolocation. This noise makes it difficult for websites to accurately determine your actual location. Additionally, Location Guard offers the option to use a fixed location, further enhancing your privacy.
Benefits of Location Guard
By using Location Guard, you can enjoy the following benefits:
- Protect your privacy while using geolocation applications
- Report a fake location to websites
- Add random noise to your real location
- Option to use a fixed location
User Reviews
Location Guard has received positive feedback from users:
- Rodolfo García Ruiz: "FUNCIONA PERFECTO!!!"
- Tonio K.: "Working fine so far. I just hope this addon doesn't sell my data or act malicious in any way."
- Anya Frost: "Да, работает, если настроить, как писали ниже." (Translation: "Yes, it works if configured as mentioned below.")
- Максим Матюх: "Don't forget! First select the Fixed Location you want, then set Default Level as Fixed Location in the options."
- MV: "Works fine. Configure it correctly first."
- Cheat Game Mobile: "Chỉ thay đổi khoảng vùng dò tìm vị trí, chưa có tính năng thay đổi thành một vị trí xác định." (Translation: "Only changes the geographic area when searching for positions, does not have the feature to change to a specific location.")
- Matt Sommer: "When coupled with a VPN to mask your IP, this works perfectly."
- Hammad Mohsin Farooqui: "Doesn't work at all!! Waste of my precious time!!!"
- Miuwix Play: "No se fien de esta app, hice varias pruebas sencillas y en todas aparece mostrada mi ubicaci´´on, esta app no funciona." (Translation: "Do not trust this app, I did several simple tests and my location was shown in all of them, this app does not work.")
- Jose Guerra Hermo: "Working as expected for what I needed. 5/5 good one!"
Conclusion
Protecting your privacy is essential in today's digital world. With Location Guard, you can enjoy geolocation applications without compromising your personal information. By reporting a fake location and adding noise to your real location, this Chrome extension ensures your privacy remains intact. Give Location Guard a try and experience a safer browsing experience today!
Remember, if you encounter any issues with Location Guard, you can report them on the dedicated page: https://github.com/chatziko/location-guard/issues
24 Reviews For This Extension
best
Absolute life saver against horrible corporate idiocy and malpractices by the likes of google. Research your vacation destination place by searching in a search bar? No let maps jump all the way back to your home town for restaurants just so you can be targeted by more ads!
Good work
A gamechanger SEO/Google Ads geo targeting tool. Thank you for existing since so many years. I cannot believe some people are putting bad comments. I felt the urge to put that review to weight in the balance.
nice extension bro, and thanks
With Starlink, every time I search for a business I have to spend time forcing it to where I live and not 2 hours away. I did set my location GPS manually in Google, but it only works for 1-2 searchers and then Google forcibly changes it back. I am very appreciative to have fast internet living in the middle of the woods, but I loose hours of productivity daily. I tried a few and looked at many VPN's. They won't work either as they only allow me to choose major areas/cities. The closest is still an hour away resulting in the same loss of time. I have only tried Location Guard for 10 mins but so far it seems to be working. Why Google wont allow your real location to be known manually in these situations I will never know. Getting results in an area I don't live is very unhelpful. Thank to Location Guard.... Hopefully that's fixed.
why will be stop soon?
Great work!
It's working very well.
works WELL NGL but not for ip
Seems to be working fine. It obviously won't work with websites like Netflix that use your IP. But it works with websites that use your GPS.
works great
Extension hasn't been updated in some form since March 2022. Update may also means it was updated by Google themselves for privacy reasons. It doesn't necessarily mean the developer undated the extension. Instructions for the extension are NOT clear even in the demo. Search feature is broken. I went to Google Maps, Bing Maps. Guess what...it showed my actual location. I selected FIXED LOCATION. I verified it was a weird location. Why is that? Because Google, Bing, and most every website uses your IP location to reveal your location. I haven't heard of any that doesn't. No extension is going to spoof your location UNLESS you use a VPN with location spoofing features. And direct from the developer: "If a website detects your coarse location from your IP address, then use a VPN, Location Guard is not meant to solve this problem." Anyway, I call BS on the positive reviews saying this extension works. This is typical of the reviews these days made by bots, sophists, and trolls.
Works great!
This app is only supposed to help hide your location because of crazy people out there. But for many apps you have to have your location posted so I give this app 5 stars. its doing exactly what its supposed to do. I would only use if your a drop shipper or only sell online.
Had problems with google not showing my correct geolocation, despite my IP showing the correct information. Spent many hours on the phone with tech support, they couldn't figure it out. This app just saved me a bunch of headache. Set my actual location using the 'Fixed location' setting using this extension, and now all my location services are working perfectly. No longer am I getting search results from a different city in a different state.
Very good, ideal for web browsing if you don't know what link your going to as it can stop a robbery unfortunately not hacking :/ They should add a link scanner that shows you where your going.
Amazing
Amazing tool!!!!, Letting users protect there privacy. Actual Life saver!!!
IT WORKS …!! This is a must-have extension for any browser… PERIOD !
Works great. It got some significant updates last year, it's not dead, and works fine right now. Has some thoughtful extra protections compared to a simple version. Also it's open source which makes it safer for folks to install. Just really nicely done all around.
Please update the extension more frequently for better security, privacy & stability
Most websites use IP to determine your location, so unless you're using a VPN, this extension is mostly useless. I still give it 5 stars because it does work IF the website is using geolocation, otherwise website like Google still now your location based on your IP
working fine so far. I just hope this addons don't sell my data or act malicious in anyway.