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Add permission for location service to help improve geolocation accuracy #16897

@ryanbr

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@ryanbr

Description

Open https://www.gps-coordinates.net/my-location in Brave, shows incorrect location compared to other browsers

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Compare Chrome, Firefox and Brave on https://www.gps-coordinates.net/my-location
  2. Brave showed a different location compared to other browsers

Actual result:

Unable to post, due to privacy. But it's off about GPS Coords is off about 14km in my case

Expected result:

Show the same location results

Reproduces how often:

Easily

Brave version (brave://version info)

Version 1.26.74 Chromium: 91.0.4472.124 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Version/Channel Information:

  • Can you reproduce this issue with the current release?
  • Can you reproduce this issue with the beta channel?
  • Can you reproduce this issue with the nightly channel?

Other Additional Information:

  • Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Shields? No
  • Is the issue reproducible on the latest version of Chrome? No

Miscellaneous Information:

Tested in Brave release, Beta and Nightly, with the same results

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