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My steps:
- Install brand new Windows 7 in VirtualBox
- install Firefox
- Select public anonymous proxy that I have never used before
- Open Firefox, set anonymous HTTP proxy, set
geo.enabled = false
inabout:config
- Open
http://www.google.ru/
, write query
Through this way, Google still knows my real location. The only way to hide it is telling Firefox to use a SOCKS5 proxy.
UPDATE 1
System-wide anonymous HTTP proxy setting (via Internet Options) works the same way. Google sees my real location.
UPDATE 1
Problem solved. See my answer.
2Where is the proxy located? – terdon – 2013-09-18T23:08:37.120
1Maybe cookies... Is the problem only restricted to Firefox (that has some dealings with Google) or does the same happen in IE? – Doktoro Reichard – 2013-09-18T23:08:39.490
@terdon, proxy from Germany, but google shows exact part of Moscow city, where i am sitting right now :/ – Oleg Golovanov – 2013-09-18T23:11:17.300
2Most likely, the proxy isn't actually anonymyzing. – David Schwartz – 2013-09-18T23:16:47.850
@DavidSchwartz, there are no cookies - its a fresh install of a browser. Proxy server is anonymous, i am not an idiot :/. I installed opera browser and configured system-wide proxy - google also sees my location. If i configure socks proxy, it does not. – Oleg Golovanov – 2013-09-18T23:35:48.663
Mystical things happen, really – Oleg Golovanov – 2013-09-18T23:36:34.870
What do you call "System-wide anonymous http proxy setting ( internet options )"? This: http://i.imgur.com/cd9q6fo.jpg ? Firefox ignores these settings, you need to configure it here: http://i.imgur.com/IkJKjUR.png
– That Brazilian Guy – 2013-09-19T00:14:25.0871because in soviet russia google proxys you! ... no jokes now - tracert your proxy and analise the jumps. maybe theres something there you can use. – Lorenzo Von Matterhorn – 2013-09-19T00:21:48.397
2Setting a proxy through the Internet Options panel does not make it "system-wide". – Der Hochstapler – 2013-09-19T09:43:56.087
@ThatBrazilianGuy, you are wrong - firefox does not ignore proxy, that i set in "Internet options" in control panel ( latest firefox + windows7 ) – Oleg Golovanov – 2013-09-19T12:02:14.747
@OliverSalzburg, sorry for using wrong term - setting proxy in "internet options" affects all web browsers. I meant that. – Oleg Golovanov – 2013-09-19T12:04:02.160
HIGHLY relevant: http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/118/conversation/proxy-settings-on-firefox-23-for-windows
– That Brazilian Guy – 2013-09-19T14:27:42.323