Google pumps out Chrome build which knows where you are

Google yesterday released a dev-only build of Chrome for Mac OS, Linux and Windows which comes loaded with rough-round-the-edges versions of the Geolocation API.

The latest update comes a few days after Google pushed out a Windows-only beta of its open source Chrome browser to its users.

Google Chrome wonk Karen Grunberg wrote on the company's blog that geolocation was switched off by default in the 5.0.342.1 build.

Testers happy to reveal their exact whereabouts to websites they visit will first need to enable the API, said Grunberg. Both Windows and all versions of Mac OS X (with the exception of Mac10.6) support Wi-Fi-based location.

She said that permissions would not be permanent, and instead a tester would be re-prompted every time. Meanwhile, the "associated UI is incomplete," warned Grunberg.

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