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how do you change your geographic location in firefox?

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daricek
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Firefox somehow has my geographic location in a different state than where I reside. How do you change the geographic location?

Firefox somehow has my geographic location in a different state than where I reside. How do you change the geographic location?

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That is done outside of your computer at the website (with a service they use), using either geolocation data for a wi-fi connection or your IP address for a wired connection.

What does this web page say about your location?
http://whatismyipaddress.com/

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the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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That is done outside of your computer at the website (with a service they use), using either geolocation data for a wi-fi connection or your IP address for a wired connection.

What does this web page say about your location?
http://whatismyipaddress.com/

Sclions17
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I went to the page and it is showing the correct location in South Carolina where I live. But in all searches it will bring up stores and locations in North Carolina.

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