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Comment by _RPM | Hacker News Reader

  window.navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(function() { console.log(arguments); })

This shows me the coordinates and no Error is thrown.

Chrome version:

    Version 50.0.2661.94 m

From localhost? Because that's treated as safe in this case.

I opened up the console of HN's page.

HN is a secure origin so it still works. Test it out on a non-https site.

That's right. I had commented on this before I had my caffeine. My apologies.