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Google keeps asking permission for location. Please help
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Not sure how to help on the pop up. I switched to Yahoo for search. Hasn't disappointed me yet. Googles business model is advertising and knowing your location is valuable to them for selling ads in that market. Yahoo asked but hasn't popped up since the time. I don't know of a way to permenatly restrict location from search.
I think it's because you have private browsing turned on. It doesn't ask me at all when I have it off. Just turned it on to experiment though, and I do indeed get the same pop up every search.
Your correct op has to turn off private browsing by general settings safari and turning off private browsing. Then google won't ask it Anymore. It does cause private browsing is not storing anything like cache or history so every time he goes there it is like his first visit.
That's because of how Safari remembers (or rather, doesn't) requests from websites for your location.
It's up to the browser how you are asked for permission (if at all) and most browsers on desktop Operating Systems have an option to always allow (or deny) location requests for a specific site.
I had this problem too and can confirm that switching off private browsing does fix it. But my question is why did this start all of a sudden? I have had my devices on private browsing for months and until like 2 weeks ago never ran into this problem...
Exactly. It started happening just recently and I've had it on private browsing pretty much forever. Perhaps a bug from iOS 6.0.2?I had this problem too and can confirm that switching off private browsing does fix it. But my question is why did this start all of a sudden? I have had my devices on private browsing for months and until like 2 weeks ago never ran into this problem...
Definitely not. iOS 5.1 here and google asks me to use my location every time with private browsing on. I'd really like a solution that allows private browsing AND the nag screen being disabled.
Seem to have fixed mine
Don't know if anyone has tried this but it worked for me.
Went into Safari settings and Private Browsing is ON, and is staying that way!!
Switching it off to test, made no difference. Still kept getting asked.
So then i cleared the Cookies and Data and since doing that it hasnt asked me again!!??
Corrupt Cookie somewhere I suspect
Don't know if anyone has tried this but it worked for me.
Went into Safari settings and Private Browsing is ON, and is staying that way!!
Switching it off to test, made no difference. Still kept getting asked.
So then i cleared the Cookies and Data and since doing that it hasnt asked me again!!??
Corrupt Cookie somewhere I suspect
I have never had private browsing set to on and it still has been asking me recently.
There has to be some other issue going on also on this.
There has to be some other issue going on also on this.
I think Google made changes on the search page to ask for location and its not caching it due to privacy concerns
This worked for me. I've always had the problem of being asked for my location everytime I use the White Pages app. Clearing cookies and data has solved this thanks.
Cheers, Brett
