On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 04:11:16PM -0000, Curt wrote: > On 2020-04-10, <to...@tuxteam.de> <to...@tuxteam.de> wrote:
[...] > > Perhaps just a misunderstanding [...] > > I just don't know. > > https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/privacy-location.html.en > > Geolocation, or location services, uses cell tower positioning, GPS, and > nearby Wi-Fi access points to determine your current location for use in > setting your timezone and by applications such as Maps. When enabled, it > is possible for your location to be shared over the network with a great > deal of precision. > > Turn off the geolocation features of your desktop > Open the Activities overview and start typing Privacy. > > Click on Privacy to open the panel. > > Switch the Location Services switch to off. > > To re-enable this feature, set the Location Services switch to on. Ah, thanks for the enlightenment: so it seems, in Gnome terms, "geolocation" is GPS+cell-tower+WiFi (from Google's database?). GeoIP is the fallback and not called "geolocation", it seems. Cheers -- t
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