[tor-bugs] #12482 [- Select a component]: Google Maps and BBC Iplayer seeing actual country

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#12482: Google Maps and BBC Iplayer seeing actual country
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 Reporter:  cypherpunks           |          Owner:
     Type:  defect                |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                |      Milestone:
Component:  - Select a component  |        Version:
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 Though I'm not very tech savvy I have been using Tor for years and it used
 to work where location-aware sites like Google Maps and BBC would only see
 the exit node's location, but that's not the case anymore.  I don't know
 if Google Maps is just showing me the US as a defualt location or if it's
 seeing through one or more hops on the tor circuit and the BBC is sure I'm
 not in Britain (which, at the moment, is correct but I didn't used to have
 any problem keeping up with my soaps while traveling).  I don't know
 enough about how this all is supposed to work so I can't really give
 anymore information beyond that this is for the 3.6.2 and I tried it with
 and without flash since I know flash is bad, same result.  If these sites
 are seeing past the exit node, that seems like a big problem to me.

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