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Who else hates Google's geotargeting of blogger addresses?

2 points by teslacar ↗ HN
Seems like an intrusion of privacy . If someone pastes a blogger domain with .ca, you know they are in Canada. Although this is obviously not enough to locate their actual location, it does narrow it a lot.

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[dead] k0nsl
It just takes a millisecond to modify the TLD and change it to “.com” -- not a big deal.
blakdawg
Could a Canadian blogger sign up for a .com address instead, if they wanted to share less information? My impression is that many people feel a sense of pride in their nationality and are happy (or eager) to identify with their country of citizenship.