Location Guard

Hide your geographic location from websites.

What is Location Guard?

Location Guard is a Chrome extension designed to enhance user privacy by manipulating JavaScript-based geolocation data provided to websites. It either introduces noise to your real location or presents a fixed location, preventing websites from determining your precise geographic position. Note that Location Guard does not mask IP-based locations and is not a substitute for a VPN. Visit direction link for any issues.

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By: Kostas Chatzikokolakis

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Users: 300,000+

Rating: 3.85 (322) ▲ 1 new ratings

Version: 2.5.0 (Last updated: 2022-03-19)

Creation date: 2019-09-21

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

http://*/*
https://*/*
storage

Size: 607.23K

Email: ch*****@gmail.com

Ranking

# 1307 ▼ 9

Other rankings

#29 in Accessibility ▲ 1

#1 in location keyword 32 ▲ 1

#95 in chrome keyword 96 ▲ 14

#119 in protect keyword 32 ▲ 8

#184 in browser settings keyword 30 ▲ 58

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Location Guard (v2.5.0)

3.73

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Location Guard (v2.5.0)

4.40

(20) 12,024+

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Extension summary

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Modern browsers such as Google Chrome 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

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Works well for redirecting GPS location.
Useful for SEO and geo-targeting.
Open-source extension appreciated by users.

Cons

Doesn't work effectively with IP-dependent websites like Netflix.
Inconsistent performance, especially on maps.
Lack of clear instructions and updates since March 2022.

Most mentioned

Works great for changing GPS location.
Extension requires a VPN for IP location spoofing.
Users appreciate its utility in overcoming geographical restrictions.

User reviews

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Arif Saefudin, 2024-11-13

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.